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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1980

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PRE-WAR BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (MONDAY) DECLARED A FOUR-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING AT NO. 288 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THIS MORNING THAT THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOF HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1973.

FOLLOWING THE RECENT SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF OF THE ADJOINING BUILDING AT NO. 290 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, WHICH WAS CLOSED UNDER AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER, A DETAILED INSPECTION HAS BEEN MADE, HE SAID.

+ IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PREMISES WERE DILAPIDATED WITH SOME STRUCTURAL CRACKS AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME RECENT MOVEMENT IN THE PARTY WALL WITH NO 290 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL WHICH WOULD RENDER ITS STABILITY DOUBTFUL AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING AT NO. 290, HE ADDED.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON OCTOBER 6, 1980 WERE POSTED TODAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS

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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SAAN WILL PRESENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO SIX STUDENTS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP AND THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR THE 1980/81 ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 3.30 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, ROOM 1404, 14TH FLOOR, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESENTATION.

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