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Thursday, September 7, 1972

KOWLOON KITCHEN BLOCKS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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The kitchen blocks of two buildings and a section of a third block all in Kowloon were declared dangerous today by the Building Authority.

The Principal Government Building Surveyor said that during a routine

survey of the area it was found that the reinforced concrete columns to the

kitchen blocks of 99 and 101 Fuk Wa Street, both four-storey pre-war buildings,

were seriously spalled and the steel reinforcement badly corroded.

The condition is such that there is a risk of collapse.

The other building, also four-storey and pre-war, is at 23 Cedar

Street. The chimney stack and brick work at the rear portion of the kitchen

block are fractured and liable to collapse.

Notices of intention to apply for Closure Orders in the Kowloon

District Court at 9.30 a.m. on September 28 for the Cedar Street kitchen

block and on October 5 for the first, second and third floors of the kitchen

blocks of 99 and 101 Fuk Wa Street were posted today.

Release time: 7.30 p.m.

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