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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1992

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THREE BUILDINGS ON CHEUNG CHAU DECLARED DANGEROUS

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED THE BUILDING AT 240 TAI SUN BACK STREET ON CHEUNG CHAU AND THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE RIGHT AND FRONT OF 236 OF THE STREET TO BE DANGEROUS.

IN

ALSO, NO. 236 OF THE STREET HAS BEEN DECLARED BECOME DANGEROUS.

AS LIABLE TO

IN A

STATEMENT

ISSUED

TODAY

(THURSDAY),

GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR (PGBS) SAID THE BUILDINGS STOREY STRUCTURES MADE OF LOAD-BEARING BRICK AND MASONRY

236 TIMBER

THE FRONT PORTION OF NO.

ROOFS

CONSTRUCTION,

WHILE

THE

PRINCIPAL

WAS

WERE SINGLE- WALLS WITH OF CONCRETE

236

THE ROOFS OF NO. 240 AND THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT OF NO. ARE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DETERIORATION WITH DEFECTIVE ROOF RAFTERS, SOME OF

FAILED. WHICH HAVE

THE BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED AS THEY ARE DANGEROUS.

THE

236

(A

SHOULD

PORCH)

BR

CLOSED

AND

IN A IT SHOULD

NO. FRONTING BUILDING

WAS ALSO DILAPIDATED CONDITION WITH DEFECTIVE RAFTERS AND BATTENS. ALSO BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED AS BEING DANGEROUS.

FOUND

YET

OF

THE PGBS SAID ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DEFECTS ON THE WALLS OR THE CONCRETE ROOF AT THE FRONT PORTION OF NO. 236, SOME OF THE JOISTS SUPPORTING THE COCKLOFT AS WELL AS THE RAFTERS THE MAIN ROOF OF THE BUILDING WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.

IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT THE BUILDING WOULD WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS CLOSED AS BEING LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND BE JOINT OPERATION WITH THE OTHER, HE SAID.

NOT BE ABLE ΤΟ AND SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED AS A

THE HONG

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KONG DISTRICT COURT ON OCTOBER 13 WERE POSTED ON THE PREMISES TODAY.

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SUBSIDIES FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

FROM REGISTERED

COMMUNITY FINANCE

CIVIC COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

A SUB-COMMITTEE UNDER THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF

IS NOW INVITING APPLICATIONS

FOR SUBSIDIES ΤΟ

EDUCATION

ORGANISATIONS PROJECTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION.

THE SUBSIDIES WOULD COME FROM A $1 MILLION DONATION MADE BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG

CLUB TO HELP BOOST THE WORK JOCKEY

COMMITTEE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

EDUCATION

OF THE SUB- SUB-COMMITTEE

/THE SUB-COMMITTEE