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UUSNESSAY, JULY 17, 1974.

PRE-WAR BUILDING IN CENTRAL CORDEINED

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NO. 50 GAGE STREET IN CENTRAL DISTRICT TO BE IN A DANGEROUS COLDITION AND NO. 52 LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

THE PRINCIPAL COVERIENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THESE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UIDER OBSERVATION SINCE 1972 AFTER A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

+BOTH BUILDINGS ARE IN A STATE OF EXTREME DETERIORATION AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEFECTS ARE FRACTURES AND MOVEMENT IN THE BRICKWORK AROUND THE REAR ENTRANCE OF NO. 50.

+THIS BRICKWORK IS IN SUCH A CONDITION THAT IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THERE IS A RISK OF FAILURE LEADING TO A COLLAPSE OF THE REAR PORTION. IN ADDITION THERE ARE MANY DEFECTIVE TINDERS,+ HE SAID.

HE EXPLAINED THAT NO. 52 GAGE STREET IS CONSIDERED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS AS THERE IS RISK OF FAILURE DURING OR AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 50. APART FROM THIS THERE IS DEFECTIVE TIMBER AND REINFORCED CONCRETE REQUIRING URGENT ACTION.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS WERE POSTED TODAY. HEARING WILL BE IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON AUGUST 13.

CHINESE CHESS TOURNAMENT

THE 1974 CHINESE CHESS TOURNAMENT, ORGANIZED BY THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD IN EARLY AUCUST FOR PLAYERS IN THE TSUEN WAN AREA.

THE CONTEST IS ONE OF THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRE AND AIMS AT PROMOTING HEALTHY AND CREATIVE HOBBIES. THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE'S HALL.

LAST YEAR, 70 PLAYERS PARTICIPATED AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT AT LEAST A SIMILAR NUMBER WILL DO SO THIS YEAR. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO TOP VINKERS IN THE TOURNAMENT.

ANYONE OVER 16 YEARS CAN JOIN. APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ROOM 213, 2ND FLOOR, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE, TAI HO STREET, TSUEN VAN, NEU TERRITORIES BEFORE JULY 30 ON PAYMENT OF A $1 ENTRY FEE. ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 12-402706.

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