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'TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1991
IN THE ABOVE ANALYSIS, WHERE COMPARISONS BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990 ARE MADE, STATISTICS OF THE PREVIOUS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN 1989 ARE ADDED TOGETHER TO ENSURE COMPARABILITY WITH THE 1990 FIGURES.
SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPMASTERS ON AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.
PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
YEAR 1990" GROUND COPY.
MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE 1990 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT
WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, CENTRAL, AT $50 PER
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE TRADE SURVEYS AND SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4887.
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BUILDINGS IN TAJ PO DECLARED DANGEROUS
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED THE BUILDINGS AT NO. 11 PAK SHING STREET IN TAI PO TO BE DANGEROUS AND NOS. 9 AND 13 OF THE SAME STREET LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
BUILDING SURVEYOR PRE-WAR BUILDINGS WALLS, WITH TIMBER
IN A STATEMENT, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT (PGBS) SAID THE STRUCTURES WERE TWO-STOREY CONSTRUCTED OF LOADBEARING BRICK AND MASONRY FLOORS AND MAINLY TIMBER ROOFS FOR THE FRONT BLOCKS, AND REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOFS FOR THE REAR BLOCKS.
THE BUILDING AT NO. 11 UNDERWENT REPAIRS IN 1978 AND AGAIN IN 1985 TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDING AT NO. 13.
NOS. 11 AND 13 HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SINCE 1981 AND 1985 RESPECTIVELY WHILE AT NO. 9 THE SURVEILLANCE BEGAN LAST YEAR.
THE OWNER OF THE THREE BUILDINGS WAS ADVISED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR TO UNDERTAKE SUFFICIENT REPAIRS TO THE DEFECTS DETECTED IN ORDER TO RENDER THE BUILDINGS SAFE GENERALLY.
/FURTHER INSPECTIONS