MONDAY, JULY 6, 1987
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TILTING BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS
A BUILDING IN TONKIN STREET, DECLARED DANGEROUS TODAY (MONDAY).
KOWLOON, WHICH IS TILTING
WAS
BUILDING SURVEYOR
AT
(PGBS)
40A
SAID THE
-
42B
WAS
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CONDITION OF THE FIVE-STOREY, POST-WAR BUILDING IDENTIFIED IN FEBRUARY BY STAFF
OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
DURING A PLANNED SURVEY TO SEEK OUT DANGEROUS BUILDINGS.
HE
SAID
PAIR
CONCRETE SERVED BY
FRAMED COMMON
REINFORCED THIS WAS
OF A IN-FILLED PANEL WALLS STRUCTURES WITH BRICK STAIRCASES, ONE AT THE FRONT AND ANOTHER AT THE REAR.
"THE BUILDING IS IN AN ADVANCED
SAID.
OF STAGE
DETERIORATION,
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HE
"IT IS TILTING TOWARDS TONKIN STREET BY ABOUT 225 MILLIMETRES.'
SEVERAL VERTICAL CRACKS HAD APPEARED ON THE VARIOUS FLOOR LEVELS AND AT THE CORNER OF SHUN NING STREET, HE SAID.
BALCONY WALLS AT ROAD AND TONKIN
THE STRUCTURAL
SERIOUSLY
CRACKED
AND
ELEMENTS SPALLED
CONCRETE
DUE
OF THE REAR OPEN WITH LARGE AREAS OF DETERIORATED
HEAVY CORROSION ΤΟ
STAIRCASE WERE
OF
STEEL
REINFORCEMENT.
READILY REMOVABLE
HE SAID INSIDE THE BUILDING THE REINFORCED CONCRETE CEILINGS OF THE MAIN BUILDING WERE GENERALLY CRACKED AND SPALLED.
SOME AREAS
OF
THE
CONCRETE
STRUCTURE
BEAMS AND
WHICH
HAD UNDERGONE
REPAIR HAD OPENED UP RECENTLY.
SEVERAL DIAGONAL CRACKS WERE ALSO NOTED IN THE INSIDE THE EXTERNAL WALLS AND INTERNAL PARTITION WALLS.
FACE OF
"ALTHOUGH NOTICES TO ORDINANCE HAVE PRESUMABLY HEADING TENANTS WILL MOVE OUT,
N
UNDER QUIT PUT UP BEEN
BY THE RE-DEVELOPMENT, FOR
THE PGBS SAID.
THE
AND LANDLORDS LANDLORDS ON THE
TENANTS PREMISES, IT IS UNCERTAIN WHEN THE
"AS THERE IS A RISK OF PARTIAL VACANT POSSESSION CAN BE OBTAINED ORDINANCE IT IS CONSIDERED
то
COLLAPSE AT THE REAR BEFORE UNDER THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS NECESSARY
CLOSE AND DEMOLISH
THE
BUILDING UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.'
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN HONG DISTRICT COURT ON JULY 31 WERE POSTED TODAY.
KONG
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