MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1985
HOWEVER, RECENT INVESTIGATIONS BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SHOWED THAT THE BUILDING HAD BEEN CONVERTED WITHOUT APPROVAL FOR COMMERCIAL USE, PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR TWO RESTAURANTS.
EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS AND OTHER WORK HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THE BUILDING, AND DESPITE ORDERS FOR SUCH ILLEGAL WORK TO CEASE AND TO BE RECTIFIED, THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
HE SAID THAT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND THE EFFECT OF THE ILLEGAL WORKS, THE CONTINUED USE OF THE BUILDING AS RESTAURANTS WOULD RENDER IT STRUCTURALLY DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION, THE MEANS OF ESCAPE WAS INADEQUATE, AND WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE BUILDING WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE SHOP ON PART OF THE GROUND FLOOR, KNOWN AS 'ARC DE TRIUMPH ONE HOUR PHOTO COMPANY', WHICH HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR USE AS A SHOP.
NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER 1984 ****
THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1984, AT 120.4, INCREASED BY 8.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983 AND BY 1.3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1984, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1984 WITH SEPTEMBER 1983 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 8.9 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6.9 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 11.5 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.1 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.9 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1984 AND JUNE 1984 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.6 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.2 PER CENT AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.1 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR SHOWS NO CHANGE.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1983 TO SEPTEMBER 1984 FOR SELECTED MAJO ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE
EN IN TABLE 2.
VAL OVERALL
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