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Tuesday, January 2, 1973

BUILDINGS INVOLVED IN FIRE DECLARED DANGEROUS

The Building Authority today declared Nos. 79-89 Queen's Road

West, Nos. 1-5 Teung Sau Lane West, and No. 2 Tsung Sau Lane East to

be in a dangerous condition.

No. 91 Queen's Road West, No. 7 Taung Sau Lane West, and

No. 4 Tsung Sau Lane East were declared liable to become dangerous.

In a statenent issued to-day, the Principal Government Building Surveyor said that these 3 and 4 storey pre-war buildings were inspected subsequent to a fire which resulted in the collapse of Nos. 81-87 Queen's

Road West and such damage to the remaining buildings that there is 蟲 risk of further collapses occurring.

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Most of these buildings require immediate d molition but some reassessment will be made in due course although it is expected that

the remainder are unlikely to be capable of retention.

Emergency Closure Orders were granted at Victoria District

Court at 2.30 p.m. today.

Release time: 6.30 p.m.

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