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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1990

TSUEN

10TH-11TH FLOORS, BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE

KWAI TSING DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES;

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KWAI

OFFICE,

SECOND FLOOR,

TSING DISTRICT GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 166-174 HING CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.

HING KWAI FONG ROAD, KWAI

PROPOSED WORKS SHOULD

GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LATER THAN

ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO OBJECT TO THE

FOR TRANSPORT, CENTRAL WRITE TO THE SECRETARY EAST WING, SECOND FLOOR, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG NOT FEBRUARY 26, 1991.

THREE PRE-WAR BUILDINGS TO BE CLOSED

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TWO

DECLARED THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) AT BONHAM STRAND WEST AND WING LOK STREET TO BE DANGEROUS AND BUILDING AT BONHAM STRAND WEST LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

THREE-STOREY

BUILDINGS ANOTHER

IN A STATEMENT, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR

PRE-WAR ONES AND HAVE SAID THESE BUILDINGS ARE

BEEN WALLS VACATED. THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED OF LOAD BEARING BRICK AND MASONRY WITH TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOFS.

THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN UNDER PERIODIC OBSERVATION

CRACKING AND RECENT INSPECTIONS HAVE REVEALED EXTENSIVE AND PARTY WALLS AND PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN ROOF.

SINCE 1980 IN EXTERNAL

STREET SHOULD BE

THE STRUCTURES AT 7 BONHAM STRAND WEST AND 171 WING LOK HAVE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS AND CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

OF EXTENSIVE

MEANWHILE, 5 BONHAM STRAND WEST IS SHOWING SIGNS CRACKING IN ITS PARTY WALL WITH 7 BONHAM STRAND WEST, AND IT IS THE ADJOINING CONSIDERED THAT IT CANNOT WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF

LIABLE TO BUILDING. IT SHOULD BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED BECAUSE IT IS BECOME DANGEROUS.

HONG NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS FROM THE

1991 WERE POSTED KONG DISTRICT COURT ON JANUARY 18,

TODAY ON THE

BUILDINGS.

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