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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
"INSTRUCTIONS FOR THESE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ARE BEING DRAFTED. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM NEXT YEAR, ONCE LEGAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN GRANTED," MR TSANG SAID.
HE ALSO INFORMED HIS AUDIENCE THAT THESE CHANGES HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.
DEMOLITION WORK IN WING ON STREET
TO COMPLETE IN THREE WEEKS
EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON PRE-WAR BUILDINGS IN WING ON STREET IN CENTRAL WHICH COLLAPSED ON SUNDAY WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
OCCUPANTS OF AFFECTED PREMISES NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE COLLAPSED BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR PROPERTY. A DECISION WILL BE MADE ON PERMITTING THE REMAINING OCCUPANTS ΤΟ RETURN WHEN DEMOLITION WORK IS FURTHER ADVANCED.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY {WEDNESDAY) BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE (BOO) OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT.
MEANWHILE, AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH THE CAUSES LEADING TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE APPEALED FOR EYE-WITNESSES TO THE COLLAPSE OR ANY PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT TO CONTACT THE BOO ON TEL 525 1743.
THE BUILDINGS, PART OF A TERRACE OF STRUCTURALLY DEPENDENT BUILDINGS COMPRISING NOS 22-30, WERE VACANT. THEY WERE CLOSED AS A RESULT OF A FIRE AT NO. 30 LAST YEAR PENDING DEMOLITION.
THE BUILDINGS ARE SITUATED IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND JUBILEE STREET TO BE REDEVELOPED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THE BOO IS TO CARRY OUT A REVIEW OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA AND EXAMINE THE PROCEDURE GOVERNING THE STATUTORY DEMOLITION OF PRIVATELY OWNED BUILDINGS WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE INTERVAL BETWEEN CLOSURE AND CLEARANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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