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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1983

PRE-WAR BUILDING FOUND IN DANGEROUS CONDITION

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) DECLARED A BUILDING AT 143 WING LOK STREET TO BE IN DANGEROUS CONDITION.

AT THE SAME TIME, TWO OTHER BUILDINGS, AT NOS 139 AND 141 OF THE SAME STREET, WERE DECLARED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THESE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOFS HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE SINCE MARCH 1976.

A RECENT INSPECTION OF NO. 143 SHOWED THAT THE BRICKWORK WAS SEVERELY ERODED AND CRUMBLING.

AN EXTENSIVE VERTICAL STRUCTURAL CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE LOAD- BEARING WALL COMMON WITH NO. 137 WING LOK STREET WHICH IS A VACANT SITE.

SIMILAR CRACK HAD ALSO DEVELOPED IN THE LOAD-BEARING WALL COMMON WITH NO. 141 WING LOK STREET.

+ THE BUILDINGS AT NOS. 139 AND 141 WING LOK STREET WERE VERY DILAPIDATED AND WOULD NOT SAFELY WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 143. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDING, THE SURVEYOR SAID.

ACCORDINGLY, NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON JULY 22 WERE POSTED TODAY.

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