XN000022-1981-04-14 — Page 6

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1981

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POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EASTER

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ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND THERE WILL BE NO DELIVERY OF MAIL ON GOOD FRIDAY (APRIL 17), THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE ONE DELIVERY ON SATURDAY (APRIL 18) AND ONE ON EASTER MONDAY (APRIL 20). ON THESE TWO DAYS, 33 POST CFFICES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE, THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, AND THE POST OFFICES INUEN WAN AND TAI PO, WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO NOON.

ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.

JERVOIS STREET BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED NO. 94 JERVOIS STREET TO BE DANGEROUS.

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IN STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILD SURVEYOR STATED THAT THIS THREE STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING WALLS AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOF HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1974.

RECENT MOVEMENT OF THE EXTERNAL AND PARTY WALLS WITH ASSOCIATED STRUCTURAL CRACKS HAD BEEN NOTED. THE DETERIORATION AT ROOF LEVEL IS SUCH THAT THERE IS A DANGER OF THE MAIN ROOF FAILING.

IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THERE IS A RISK OF COLLAPSE AND IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING. ACCORDINGLY, NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON MAY 12, 1981 WERE POSTED TODAY.

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN WESTERN

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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED BETWEEN 11 PM AND 7 AM ON APRIL 16, 17, 18 AND 19, IN THE JUNCTION AREA OF QUEEN'S ROAD WEST AND HILL ROAD TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HILL ROAD FLYOVER, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

VEHICLES, EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING ACCESS TO PREMISES, WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE SECTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD WEST BETWEEN BELCHER'S STREET AND WHITTY STREET, AND THE SECTION OF HILL ROAD BETWEEN POKFULAM ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD WEST.

/T SECTICH