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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

THE WAN HE WILL THEN ATTEND AN AREA COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN

OF THE NEW URBAN "OUNCIL CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR

ROAD, BEFORE ATTENDING A TEA COMPLEX IN LOCKHART

A WITH RECEPT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE

CHAI YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER

WAN GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO

SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TOMORROW (THURSDAY). 17TH FLOOR MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE HOPEWELL CENTRE AT 2 PM.

DANGEROUS BUILDING TO BE CLOSED * * * * *

A FOUR-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING AT 156 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON, WAS DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BUILDING,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID THE

CONSTRUCTED WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOF ON LOAD BEARING WALLS, HAD BEEN INSPECTED RECENTLY.

A WIDE VERTICAL FRACTURE HAS APPEARED BETWEEN THE REAR MAIN WALL AND THE PARTY WALL WITH NO. 154. SEVERAL OTHER FRACTURES HAVE ALSO APPEARED IN THE REAR MAIN WALL UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW OPENINGS AT THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR LEVELS, INDICATING CONTINUOUS LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THIS WALL TOWARDS THE REAR YARD, AND THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE IS DILAPIDATED.

IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED THAT THERE IS A RISK OF COLLAPSE AT THE REAR AND IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDER AT KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT ON JULY 22 WAS POSTED ON THE BUILDING TODAY.

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