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Wednesday, September 13, 1972

DANGEROUS BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL.

The Building Authority today declared dangerous a building in

Central District known as both No. 8 Staveley Street and No. 8 Tung Shing

Lane.

At the same time, it said that the building at both No. 6 Staveley

Street and No. 6 Tung Shing Lane, and the building at No. 9 Tung Shing Lane

were liable to become dangerous.

The Principal Government Building Surveyor said today that the two

three-storey pre-war buildings which front both Staveley Street and Tung

Shing Lane were examined during routine inspections. It was found that the

brick piers in the front main wall of No. 8 were severely fractured at both

first and second floor levels and there was a danger that the front wall

would collapse.

The load-bearing brick party wall between Nos. 6 and 8 was also

fractured at several places and it was considered that this could not be

retained on the demolition of No. 8.

No. 9 Tung Shing Lane, which is also a three-storey pre-war building,

was shored following the demolition under order of No. 7 Tung Shing Lane in

1967 and the old party wall between No. 9 and the vacant site of No. 7 is

dependent on this shoring which will be removed on demolition of No. 8 Staveley

Street.

Notices of intention to apply for closure orders in Victoria District

Court at 9.30 a.m. on October 24 were posted today.

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