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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1983

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CLOSURE OF BUILDINGS SOUGHT

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NO. 17 GRAHAM STREET, HONG KONG TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NOS. 122, 124 AND 126 WELLINGTON STREET, HONG KONG 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 OBSERVATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

A RECENT INSPECTION OF THESE BUILDINGS INDICATED FRESH MOVEMENT IN THE ALREADY FRACTURED AND WEAK ENCLOSING WALLS OF NO. 17 GRAHAM STREET, ESPECIALLY THE PARTY WALL COMMON WITH NOS. 122, 124 AND 126 WELLINGTON STREET. AS THERE IS NOW A RISK OF A COLLAPSE OF NO. 17 GRAHAM STREET IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.

THE FRACTURES AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT IN THE PARTY WALL

COMMON WITH NO. 17 GRAHAM STREET AND NOS. 122, 124 AND 126 WELLINGTON STREET IS SUCH THAT NOS. 122, 124 AND 126 WELLINGTON STREET COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 17 GRAHAM STREET.

IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE

BUILDINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON FEBRUARY 8, 1984 WERE POSTED TODAY.

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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT

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AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT TO MARK THE CONCLUSION OF THE RTHK RADIO PROGRAMME, +MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK+ WILL BE HELD AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE IN HÚNGHOM, AT 8 PM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) NIGHT.

THE HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING LOCAL SINGERS KEN CHOI, SAM HO, WONG YEE-KA, CHEUNG SUK-LING, HA MJU-YIN, LAM CHI-MEI AND THE TOPNOTES.

DR J.W. HAYES, ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNERS OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION WHICH FORMED PART OF THE SERIES OF THE 26 HALF-HOUR RADIO PROGRAMMES JOINTLY ORGANISED BY RTHK AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENT OF THE GALA NIGHT WILL BE RECORDED BY RTHK AND BROADCAST ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 24) FROM 3 PM TO 5 PM ON RADIO 2 WHILE ATV WILL TELEVISE THE SHOW AT 7.30 PM ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

NOTE TO EDITORS,

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GALA NIGHT WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM TOMORROW NIGHT AT KO SHAN THEATRE IN HUNGHOM.

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