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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1979

EIGHT BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED EIGHT

BUILDINGS, SEVEN IN TAI PO AND ONE IN KOWLOON, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.

THEY ARE THE BUILDINGS AT 15, 17, 19, 37, 39, 41 AND 43 TSING YUEN STREET, TAI PO, AND A TWO-STOREY BUILDING AT S.D.4, LOT NO. 2940, OLD SO UK VILLAGE, KOWLOON.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID IT WAS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE.

HE SAID THE BUILDINGS AT 15, 17 AND 19 TSING YUEN STREET WERE FOUND TO BE IN AN EXTREMELY DILAPIDATED CONDITION. RECENT OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS WAS EVIDENT AND MANY OF THE STRUCTURAL TIMBERS WERE FOUND TO BE DECAYED.+

ON THE BUILDINGS AT 37, 39, 41 AND 43 IN TSING YUEN STREET, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN A VERY POOR CONDITION. THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS CONTAIN MANY FRACTURES AND OPEN JOINTS CLEARLY INDICATING OUTWARD MOVEMENT.+

HE ADDED THAT ALL THESE SEVEN BUILDINGS WERE TWO-STOREY HIGH AND HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSPECTED DURING A SURVEY OF PRE-WAR BUILDINGS IN THE AREA.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE BUILDING IN OLD SO UK VILLAGE, KOWLOON WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE.

ACCORDINGLY, NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT FOR THESE EIGHT BUILDINGS WERE POSTED TODAY. THE APPLICATION FOR CLOSURE IN CONNECTION WITH BUILDINGS AT 15, 17 AND 19 TSING YUEN STREET AND THE ONE IN OLD SO UK VILLAGE WILL BE HEARD AT 9.30 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 27, WHEREAS THAT FOR THE REMAINING FOUR BUILDINGS IN TSING YUEN STREET WILL BE HEARD AT 9.30 A.M. ON DECEMBER 11, 1979.

NEW SEWERS TO BE BUILT IN TSIM SHA TSUI

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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERCEPTING SEWERS IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE SEWERS, 1 200 MM IN DIAMETER, FORM PART OF THE OVERALL SEWAGE SYSTEM CONNECTING WITH KOWLOON SOUTH SCREENING PLANT.

THEY WILL SERVE THE NEEDS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT NOW UNDERWAY IN THE AREA BETWEEN SALISBURY ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

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