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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1987

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$14.4 MILLION AS THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS SETTING UP AN ENDOWMENT FUND FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF NON-STANDARD FACILITIES TO BE INCLUDED IN A PROPOSED AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SHA TIN. THESE WILL BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TALENTED YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE FIELD OF ART OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION ;

* $146,4 MILLION FÖR BUILDING AND EQUIPPING EIGHT ADDITIONAL

SECONDARY SCHOOLS; AND

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$421 526 000 FOR CONTINGENT LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF A PROJECT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHENE IN TUEN MUN.

THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO NOTE THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE.

SHAN SHUI PO BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS

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TWO EXTERNAL REAR STAIRCASES OF FOUR POST-WAR BUILDINGS AT 459 SHUN NING ROAD, SHAN SHUI PO, WERE DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY).

IN ADDITION, THE MAIN BUILDINGS AT 451-459 IN THE SAME STREET MERE DECLARED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON APRIL 7 WERE POSTED ON THE BUILDINGS TODAY.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE STAIRCASES MERE AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DETERIORATION WITH SEVERELY SPALLED. AND CRACKED CONCRETE PARTS AND WERE LIABLE TO COLLAPSE. DEMOLITION WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY.

THE BUILDING, ALL FIVE STOREYS, ARE REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMED BUILDINGS WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOFS, AND BRICK INFILLED WALLS.

A DUILDING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID CRACKS WERE VERY PROMINENT IN THE EXTERNAL COLUMNS OF FOUR OF THE BUILDINGS AT 453–4) INTERNAL INSPECTION OF ALL ACCESSIBLE FLATS SHOWED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS WERE ALSO BABLY DETERIORATED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT DEMOLITION OF THE STAIRCASES WOULD RENDER THE ALREADY DETERIORATED BUILDINGS HORE DANGEROUS DUE TO LACK OF FIRE ESCAPE AS THE REMAINING FRONT STAIRCASES WERE OF INSUFFICIENT WIDTH AND NOT PROVIDED WITH SMOKE LOBBIES,

WITH DEMOLITION OF THE FOUR BUILDINGS THE BUILDING AT 451 WOULD BE LEFT FREE-STANDING AS 445-449 HAD BEEN REDEVELOPED SERVERAL YEARS AGO. IT WAS THEREFORE CONSIDERED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS, AND MUST BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

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