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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980

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AS THERE WAS A DANGER OF COLLAPSE, IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING,

+ALL THE STRUCTURES ARE IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION AND BUILT AS A CONTINUOUS TERRACE AND NOS. 25 AND 25A WOULD NOT WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 24A,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON AUGUST 21 WERE POSTED TODAY.

TONKIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION

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A SECTION OF TONKIN STREET BETWEEN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD WILL SOON BE RECONSTRUCTED.

A $7.6 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS SIGNED BY MR AU CHI-LAU, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF SHING KEE BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED.

MR AU SAID WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD TO A DUAL THREE-LANE CONCRETE CARRIAGEWAY, PART OF WHICH WOULD SPAN THE NULLAH.

FOOTWAYS AND AMENITY AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUS TERMINUS IN TONKIN STREET NEAR LAI KOK PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.

ON COMPLETION, MR AU SAID, THE ROAD AND BUS TERMINUS WOULD SERVE RESIDENTS OF NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES AND WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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

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