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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1977 -

MEANWHILE, TWO HONG KONG CHILDREN HAVE WON PRIZES IN A PAINTING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.

NGAI CHUNG YIN OF HONG KONG SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DIAMOND HILL, WON THE SECOND PRIZE FOR THE UNDER SEVEN AGE GROUP AND NG TAT CHEONG OF VICTORIA PARK SCHOOL WAS THIRD IN THE EIGHT TO ELEVEN AGE GROUP,

THE IR PAINTINGS ARE ON DISPLAY IN A JUBILEE EXHIBTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, LONDON WHICH OPENED ON APRIL 15 AND CONTINUES UNTIL MAY 11.

ENTRIES FOR THE COMPETITION NUMBERED OVER 400 AND WERE JUDGED BY THE DUKE OF GRAFTON.

CHINA ENGINEERS BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED ******

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY ISSUED AN ORDER FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE CHINA ENGINEERS BUILDING AT 166 WAI YIP STREET, KWUN TONG.

THE ORDER REQUIRES THE OWNERS, THE CHINA ENGINEERS LTD., TO BEGIN DEMOLITION WORK WITHIN THREE WEEKS AND COMPLETE IT WITHIN TWO MONTHS.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT CRUSHING TESTS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LABORATORY ON A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF CONCRETE SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM THE BUILDING.

THE TESTS INDICATED THAT THE CONCRETE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING WAS GENERALLY OF SUCH POOR QUALITY THAT THERE WAS DANGER OF FAILURE OF THE STRUCTURE.

FURTHER TESTS ARE NOW BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE SAMPLES TO GET DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE ACTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE STRUCTURAL CONCRETE USED IN THE BUILDING,