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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980

THE RECRUITS HAVE RECEIVED BASIC INSTRUCTIONS IN FOOT DRILL, FIRST AID AND CIVIL DEFENCE, AND WILL BE POSTED TO VARIOUS CAS UNITS FOR FURTHER OPERATIONAL TRAINING AND ACTIVE DUTY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES' RECRUITS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS COMPOUND, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 8 PM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 25).

SIX BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED TWO BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND FOUR BUILDINGS IN KOWLOON TO BE IN DANGEROUS CONDITION.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS WERE POSTED ON THE BUILDINGS TODAY. THE BUILDINGS ARE:

NOS 33 AND 35 MORRISON HILL ROAD, HONG KONG ISLAND

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDING AUTHORITY SAID THAT THESE TWO THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS WERE FIRST INSPECTED LAST AUGUST FOLLOWING A CEILING COLLAPSE AND HAD SINCE BEEN KEPT UNDER REGULAR OBSERVATION.

THE BUILDINGS ARE GENERALLY VERY DILAPIDATED. THE LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS ARE IN POOR CONDITION AND THE STRUCTURAL TIMBERS BADLY DECAYED.

+AS THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF FURTHER COLLAPSE, IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS,+ HE SAID.

NOS 119 AND 121 TAI NAN STREET, KOWLOON

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THESE TWO THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UNDER CONTINUOUS SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1971.

+THEY ARE EXTREMELY DILAPIDATED WITH MANY AREAS OF BADLY ERODED BRICKWORK AND SEVERELY DECAYED REINFORCED CONCRETE, HE SAID.

+IN VIEW OF THE RISK TO THE OCCUPANTS. IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS. HE ADDED.

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