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JLG to meet in Hong Kong next week
The 38th meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group on Hong Kong will take place in Hong Kong from December 4 to 6, 1996.
The British team will be led by the British Senior Representative, Mr Hugh Davis. The other members of the British team will be Mr Nicholas Ng (Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Hong Kong Government), Mr Alan Paul (Counsellor, Office of the British Senior Representative), Mr Sherard Cowper-Coles (Head, Hong Kong Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Mr Robert Peirce (Political Adviser, Hong Kong Government).
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More premises at Garley Building closed
The Buildings Department announced today (Thursday) that part of the areas from the ground floor to second floor of Garley Building in Yau Ma Tei need to be closed for safety reasons.
A closure order obtained from the court this morning was posted at the premises.
The Assistant Director of Buildings (Specialist), Mr Philip Lau, said further inspections carried out yesterday (Wednesday) revealed that the lower three floors of the building, used as a department store, were also severely damaged by fire.
"Part of the areas on the ground floor, first floor, and second floor, as well as
the whole cockloft, have to be closed for remedial works.
"We will issue a statuary order to the owner as soon as possible requiring him to appoint a building professional to carry out a detailed investigation to the premises and submit a repair proposal," Mr Lau said.
The Buildings Department applied an emergency closure order from the court on Monday (November 25) for closing the top three storeys of the building which had suffered severe structural damages.