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Wednesday, November 1, 1972
DANGEROUS BUILDING IN RECLAMATION STREET
The Building Authority today declared No. 247 Reclamation Street,
Kowloon to be in a dangerous condition and ordered demolition.
The Principal Government Building Surveyor said that this four
storey pre-war building was inspected following a complaint from one of the
tenants that pieces of concrete had fallen from the second floor balcony
exposing the steel reinforcing.
Sections of the structure were subsequently opened up for inspection
and it was revealed that the projecting balconies over both Reclamation Street
and Hamilton Street were in such a defective condition that there is danger of
collapse.
Due to fractures in the rear and flank walls of the building it is
not considered possible to remove them without endangering the rest of the
building..
As there is a risk of collapse a notice of intention to apply for
a closure order in Kowloon District Court at 9.30 a.m. on December 7 was
posted today.
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