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TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1976

TWO PRE-WAR BUILDINGS CONDEMNED

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NO. 559 CANTON ROAD KOWLOON LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS, AND ORDERED THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THIS THREE STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING HAD REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOF AND LOAD-BEARING MASONRY AND BRICK WALLS.

THE ADJACENT BUILDING AT NO. 561 CANTON ROAD WAS RECENTLY THE SUBJECT OF AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER, AFTER A MAIN WALL WAS FOUND TO BE SERIOUSLY BULGED AND FRACTURED.

+ IT IS CONSIDERED THAT NO. 559 CANTON ROAD WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE DEMOLITION OR COLLAPSE OF NO. 561, WITH WHICH IT SHARES A COMMON STAIRCASE AND SEVERAL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, HE SAID.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON AUGUST 3, 1976 WAS POSTED TODAY.

ALSO DECLARED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND ORDERED TO BE DEMOLISHED WAS NO. 25A WING ON STREET, PENG CHAU.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THIS SINGLE STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A PITCHED TIMBER ROOF ON LOAD-BEARING WALLS.

AN ADJACENT BUILDING, OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION, AT NO. 27 WING ON STREET, WAS RECENTLY THE SUBJECT OF AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER FOLLOWING A PARTIAL COLLAPSE.

+ THE ROOF OF NO. 25A HAS MANY DEFECTIVE TIMBERS AND THE PARTY WALL IT SHARES WITH NO. 27 IS BULGED AND FRACTURED, + HE SAID. IT IS CONSIDERED THAT NO. 25A IS IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE AND SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED JOINTLY WITH THE REMAINING PARTS OF NO. 27 WING ON STREET.+

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON AUGUST 3, 1976 WAS POSTED TODAY.

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