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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1980

BUILDINGS IN DANGEROUS CONDITION

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NO. 77 SAN HUI VILLAGE, TUEN MUN TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NO. 77A SAN HUI VILLAGE, TUEN MUN LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THESE SINGLE-STOREY, VILLAGE-TYPE HOUSES CONSTRUCTED OF LOADBEARING WALLS AND PITCHED ROOFS WERE INSPECTED FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT.

THE WALLS OF NO. 77 HAVE VERTICAL CRACKS AND THE REAR AND SIDE WALLS ARE OUT OF PLUMB.

+THERE IS A DANGER OF COLLAPSE AND IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OFFICE.

+NO. 77A APPEARED TO BE A LATER ADDITION TO NO. 77. IT HAS NO WALL OF ITS OWN ALONG THE PARTY LINE WITH NO. 77. WHEN NO. 77 IS DEMOLISHED, THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK THAT NO. 77A WILL COLLAPSE,+ HE SAID.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON AUGUST 14, 1980 WERE POSTED TODAY.

MORE INSPECTORS TO SAFEGUARD FOOD *****

TWENTY-NINE HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE EXCELLED IN THE EXAMINATION ON INSPECTION OF MEAT AND OTHER FOODS SET BY A BRITISH HEALTH BOARD.

+THEY REPRESENT A 91 PER CENT PASS RATE. ALL HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED NEW POSTS TO JOIN THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD THE HYGIENIC CONDITION OF MEAT AND FOODS FOR CONSUMPTION, A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE INSPECTORS WERE GIVEN TWO YEARS OF BASIC TRAINING WHEN THEY FIRST JOINED THE DEPARTMENT. THEY BECAME QUAL IF IED AS HEALTH INSPECTORS AFTER PASSING AN EXAMINATION ON COMPLETING THE COURSE.

+AFTER ONE YEAR OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, THEY TOOK THIS ADVANCED COURSE FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO SPECIALISE IN THE FIELD OF MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THEIR STATUS AS QUALIFIED INSPECTORS OF MEAT AND OTHER FOODS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE IR PASSING THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HEALTH DIPLOMA EXAMINATION.+ HE ADDED.

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