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Friday, February 22, 1974

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BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

The Building Authority today declared 177 and 179 Wing Lak Street

to be in a dangerous condition.

It also declared 181 Wing Lok Street and 17 Bonham Strand West

liable to become dangerous.

In a statement issued this morning, the Principal Government

Building Surveyor said that these four storey pre-war buildings were inspected

during the course of planned surveys in the area.

It was discovered that the brick-work in the party-wall between

177 and 179 Wing Lok Street was severely bulged, crushed and fractured.

It is considered that as there is imminent danger of a local collapse,

precautionary shoring should be erected immediately and an application for

closure is to be made.

Owing to defects in the party-wall between 179 and 181 Wing Lok

Street it is further considered that there is a risk of failure leading to

collapse during or after the demolition of the adjoining buildings.

Therefore closure is considered necessary and the subsequent demolition

would involve removal of the access staircase to 17 Bonham Strand West.

Notices of intention to apply in the Victoria District Court

at 9.30 a.m. on March 22, 1974 for closure orders on all four buildings

were posted today.

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