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Wednesday, August 2, 1972

THREE BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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Three buildings two on Hong Kong Island and one in Kowloon

have been declared dangerous by the Building Authority. A fourth

building in Kowloon is liable to become dangerous.

The two buildings on the Island are Nos. 2 and 4 Tai Ping Shan

Street in Central District.

The Principal Government Building Surveyor said today that

these four-storey pre-war buildings, which share a staircase were inspected

recently following complaints from occupants of one of the buildings.

Inspectors found that the rear main wall of both buildings was

badly fractured and sections of the brickwork were badly eroded. There

were serious fractures in the party wall between the two buildings and

much of the structural timberwork was extensively decayed.

Shoring has been erected by the government contractor to the

front balconies to avoid any sudden collapse.

The Kowloon building declared dangerous is at 118 Apliu Street,

Sham Shui Po, and the adjoining building No. 116 is liable to become

dangerous.

The Principal Government Building Surveyor said that the whole

of the reinforced concrete of the three-storey pre-war building at 118

Apliu Street was in an advanced state of deterioration with extensive

splintering of bears and floor slabs revealing badly corroded steel

reinforcement.

/He

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