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SHURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1975

+ WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN ENCOURAGING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE CLEAN HONG KONG AND FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME CAMPAIGNS. IN PARTICULAR, I HAVE PEEN HEARTENED BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT YOU ARE GIVING THE POLICE. NEVER LET US FORGET THAT IT IS OUR POLICE FORCE THAT WE TURN TO IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. THEY HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY MAGNIFICENTLY ON MANY SUCH OCCASIONS IN THE PAST AND I KNOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER IN OUR COMMUNITY DRAVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. IN THIS THEY DESERVE, AND I AM SURE WILL RECEIVE, THE UNSTINTED SUPPORT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY.

→I HAVE MET MANY OF YOU ON YOUR HOME GROUNDS DURING THE PAST YEAR. I HAVE SEEN HOW, WITH YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, THE PEOPLE OF KONG KONG IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS ARE DEGINNING TO ESTABLISH‘A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, WITH THE POLICE, AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS. THIS IS THE NIGHT WAY TO ACHIEVE BETTER THINGS IN THE FUTURE.»

* CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

→I NOW ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR GLASSES AND DRINK A TOAST WITH ME TO A HAPPY NEW YEAR,+

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TWO BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (THURSDAY) DECLARED THE BUILDINGS IN NOS. 2 AND 4 STAVELEY STREET ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO DE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.

ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, THE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING AT NO. 2 AND THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING AT THE NO. 4 STAVELEY STREET HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE OF THEIR GENERALLY DETERIORATED CONDITION. THE TWO DUILDINGS ARE ALSO SHARING A COMMON STAIRCASE.

RECENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE VERY WEAK CONDITION OF THE BRICKWORK TO THE REAR MAIN WALLS AND LIGHT WELL WALLS AND THE REINFORCED CONCRETE SUPPORTS TO THE KITCHEN ELOCKS, TOGETHER WITH THE ADVANCED STATE OF BOT TO THE ROOF TIMBERS OF NO. 4 STAVELEY STREET, WAD NOW REACHED A POINT WHERE CLOSURE AND DEMOLITION COULD O LONGER DE DEFERRED, HE SAID.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON APRIL 10, 1975, NEDE POSTED TODAY.

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