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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1984

NEW CLINIC FOR EAST KOWLOON

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL OPEN A NEW SPECIALIST CLINIC TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS IN EAST KOWLOON FROM MONDAY (JULY 2).

THE CLINIC, AT HAMMER HILL ROAD, NGAU CHI WAN, IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC - A GENERAL CLINIC OPENED IN 1977.

OPTHALMIC, EAR NOSE AND THROAT, PSYCHIATRIC, PAEDIATRIC, MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED.

THE CLINIC HAS TWO WINGS OF FOUR AND FIVE STOREYS EACH. IT WAS BUILT AND EQUIPPED AT A COST OF $25 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THE CONSULTATION ROOMS, MINOR OPERATING THEATRES, TREATMENT ROOMS AND OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES, THE CLINIC ALSO HAS AN X-RAY UNIT.

AS A SPECIALIST CLINIC, IT WILL ONLY ACCEPT PATIENTS ON A REFERRAL BASIS.

CENTRAL DISTRICT BUILDING DANGEROUS' *****

THE BUILDING AT 199 WING LOK STREET, IN CENTRAL DISTRICT WAS DECLARED TO BE DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY).

AT THE SAME TIME THE AUTHORITY DECLARED 195 AND 197 WING LOK STREET, AND 31 AND 33 BONHAM STRAND WEST, LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

IN A STATEMENT,

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THIS GROUP OF THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS AND MAINLY TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOFS, HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION SINCE 1974.

A RECENT INSPECTION INDICATED A CONTINUING MOVEMENT ALREADY FRACTURED LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS.

IN THE

THE SEVERITY OF THESE DEFECTS WITHIN 199 WING LOK STREET WAS SUCH THAT THERE WAS NOW A RISK OF COLLAPSE.

IT WAS, THEREFORE, NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.

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THE FRACTURES IN THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS COMMON TO 195' AND 197 WING LOK STREET, AND 31 AND 33 BONHAM STRAND WEST, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY SHARED COMMON STAIRCASES, WERE SUCH THAT THEY WERE UNLIKELY TO WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 199 ING LOK STREET, THE STATEMENT CONTINUED.

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