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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1990

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PAPER 1 IS 'USE OF ENGLISH' PAPER 2 IS OBJECTIVE TESTS' WHILE PAPER 3 IS 'TASK PAPER'. THE WEIGHTINGS ARE 30 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 50 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PAPERS 1 AND 2 ARE EXAMINED IN ENGLISH WHEREAS HALF OF PAPER 3 MUST BE ANSWERED IN CHINESE.

"CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE BASED ON THEIR OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN THIS EXAMINATION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF THE FIVE GRADES ARE REQUESTED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT ON CIVIL SERVICE VACANCIES ON SATURDAYS IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.

REAR STAIRCASE OF POST-WAR BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS * * * * * *

EXTERNAL

STREET IN KOWLOON DANGEROUS AND 205 PORTLAND STREET LIABLE TO

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY REAR STAIRCASE AT 203 AND 205 PORTLAND AND THE MAIN BUILDINGS AT BECOME DANGEROUS.

(MONDAY) DECLARED THE

203

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT

MORNING IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE BUILDINGS WERE SIX STOREYS (WITH COCKLOFTS)

REINFORCED POST-WAR

CONCRETE FRAMED STRUCTURES WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOFS AND BRICK INFILL PANEL WALLS.

BOTH 203 WITH

AND 205 SEVERELY

THE EXTERNAL STAIRCASE AT THE REAR SERVING

DETERIORATION PORTLAND STREET IS AT ADVANCED STAGE OF SPALLED AND CRACKED REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS.

SUCH STAIRCASE IS CONSIDERED TO BE BEYOND REASONABLE REPAIR AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

ECONOMIC

ALSO

BADLY WINDOW

THE REAR PORTIONS OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS ARE DILAPIDATED AS EVIDENCED BY SPALLED CONCRETE BEAMS, CEILINGS, HOODS, LOOSE EXTERNAL RENDERING AND LOOSE INTERNAL PLASTER.

DEFECTS IN OTHER

THERE ARE OTHER MINOR

PARTS OF THE MAIN

BUILDINGS.

BUILDINGS THEREFORE

THE DEMOLITION OF THE REAR STAIRCASE WILL RENDER THE DANGEROUS BY REASON OF LACK OF ADEQUATE MEANS OF ESCAPE AND THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES SHOULD ALSO BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

HAVE

OWNERS OF

A BUILDING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEFECTS APPEAR TO BEEN CAUSED IN PART BY LACK OF ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE BY THE THE BUILDINGS OVER THE PRECEDING YEARS.

/WHILST THERE