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Wednesday, August 30, 1972

DANGEROUS BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST

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A three-storey pre-war building at 167 Connaught Road West has been

declared dangerous by the Building Authority.

The Principal Government Building Surveyor said today that the load

bearing walls of the go-down building had shown signs of continued movement.

These walls have reached the stage where there is a risk of collapse

despite extensive shoring.

A notice of intention to apply for a Closure Order in Victoria District

Court at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6 was posted today,

ROBBERIES AND THEIR DETECTION RATE

The average sentence imposed by the courts in robbery cases this

year has been five to six years' imprisonment.

The heaviest sentence imposed was one of eight years' imprisonment

arising out of the robbery of the Banque Nationale de Paris in February.

The Acting Attorney General, the Hon. G.R. Sneath, who was replying

to the Hon. Szeto Wai, said that of the 3,543 robbery cases reported up to the end of July, 1,527 or 43.1 per cent of these had been detected.

Altogether, 1,130 people had been convicted, with 75 people still

awaiting trial.

Mr. Sneath said that the total amount of money involved in the

robberies was $5,418,263 of which $770,197 or 14.2 per cent had so far been

recovered.