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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917

PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICERS

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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 27) AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE PARADE GROUND IN STANLEY.

SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. MARTIN ROWLANDS, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AND PRESENT GOLDEN WHISTLES TO TWO BEST RECRUITS.

THERE WILL BE NINE OFFICERS AND 68 ASSISTANT OFFICERS TAKING PART IN THE PARADE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PARADE AT 10 A.M. ON THAT DAY.

TRANSPORT FOR THE NEWS MEDIA WILL BE PROVIDED. IT WILL LEAVE GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 9.15 A.M. SHARP.

PRE-WAR BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (THURSDAY) DECLARED TWO PRE-WAR BUILDINGS IN SHAM SHUT PO AND KOWLOON CITY TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.

THEY ARE NO. 102 FUK WA STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, AND NO. 36 SOUTH WALL ROAD, KOWLOON CITY.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS OF THE TWO BUILDINGS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 22 WERE POSTED TODAY.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING IN FUK WA STREET HAD RECENTLY BEEN INSPECTED FOLLOWING A GENERAL ROUTINE SURVEY OF BUILDINGS IN THE AREA.

+THE BUILDING WAS FOUND TO BE IN A VERY POOR CONDITION. IN PARTICULAR THE REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS WERE SEVERELY DEFECTIVE IN MANY PLACES AND PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE APPEARED TO BE CLOSE TO COLLAPSE. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, HE SAID.

REGARDING THE BUILDING AT SOUTH WALL ROAD, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING HAD BEEN UNDER REGULAR OBSERVATION SINCE 1974.

+RECENT INSPECTIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT SERIOUS SETTLEMENT AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE EXPOSED PARTY WALL HAS OCCURRED. AS THERE IS A RISK OF COLLAPSE IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, HE SAID.

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