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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1991
"THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR THESE OFFENCES ARE TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF $20,000 ON SUMMARY CONVICTION AND 14 YEARS AND 950,000 ON CONVICTION ON INDICTMENT, HE ADDED.
IN TODAY'S LAB MEETING, MEMBERS
HAD ALSO DISCUSSED SEVERAL
OF
IMPORTED WORKERS. THESE
OTHER PROPOSALS TO PREVENT EXPLOITATION PROPOSALS WILL BE FURTHER CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED THE BUILDINGS AT NOS. AND 28 WING ON STREET AND NO. 11 GILMAN STREET IN CENTRAL TO BR DANGEROUS, WHILE NOS. 22, 24 AND 26 WING ON STREET AND NOS. 21 AND GILMAN STREET LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
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IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR (PGBS) SAID THE STRUCTURES WERE TWO AND THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OF LOADBEARING BRICK WALLS WITH STRUCTURAL TIMBER FLOORS AND TIMBER ROOF JOISTS.
NUMBER 28 WING ON STREET IS VERY DILAPIDATED WITH STRUCTURAL TIMBER MEMBERS BADLY DECAYED AND WITH EVIDENCE OF DETERIORATING LOADBEARING BRICKWORK.
PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING WERE PREVIOUSLY TIED TOGETHER WITH METAL TIE RODS BUT RECENT INSPECTIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND UPPER PORTION OF THE PARTY WALL WITH NO. 30 HAS TAKEN PLACE.
NUMBER 30 WING ON STREET WAS CLOSED IN JUNE THIS YEAR
FOLLOWING A FIRE.
FURTHER, THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT THE PARTY WALL BETWEEN NOS. 28 AND 30 HAS MOVED AWAY FROM NO. 28 WHICH COULD CAUSR A COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF AND FLOOR WITHIN NO. 28.
ADDITIONALLY, HE SAID THE TIMBER
CONDITION.
STAIRCASE WAS IN SUSPECT
IT IS NOTED THAT THE BUILDING WAS LAST REPAIRED IN 1972 AND HAS BEEN UNDER PERIODIC SURVEILLANCE SINCE.
THE BUILDING WAS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED AND THERE WAS A RISK OF COLLAPSE. THE POBS SAID.
MEANWHILE, NO. 12 WING ON STREET AND NO. 11 GILMAN STREET ARE ALSO IN VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION WITH DEFECTIVE STRUCTURAL TIMBERS AND BADLY DETERIORATED LOADBEARING BRICKWORK.
/THE FRONT