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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

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BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED THE BUILDINGS

AT 27 WING

ON STREET AND 18 AND 34 TUNG MAN STREET IN CENTRAL TO BE DANGEROUS,

ALSO, THOSE AT 19-25 AND 29-37 WING ON STREET AND 28 AND 32 TUNG MAN STREET HAVE BEEN DECLARED TO BE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY (WEDNESDAY}, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR (PGBS) SAID ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE PRE-WAR ONES WITH LOAD-BEARING WALLS AND NEARLY ALL HAD TIMBER FLOOR AND ROOF JOISTS.

THE LOAD-BEARING PARTY WALLS IN THESE STRUCTURES WERE CONSIDERED TO BE DEFECTIVE AS EVIDENCED BY MANY FRACTURES AND IN SOME BUILDINGS THERE WERE BULGING OF THE WALLS.

THE

THE OVERALL CONDITIONS OF THE STRUCTURAL TIMBER MEMBERS OF BUILDINGS WAS ASSESSED AS BEING POOR. IN SOME BUILDINGS, ALL TIMBER MEMBERS WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.

OF THE BUILDINGS GAVE RISE ΤΟ NARROW AND WELL-USED PUBLIC

THE POBS SAID THE CONDITION CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THESE STREETS.

TUNG MAN YEAR AS

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BUILDINGS AT 20-26 AND 30 STREET WERE CLOSED UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS ON NOVEMBER 3 THIS BEING IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF SEVERE DEFECTS IN THE STRUCTURAL WALLS AND TIMBER STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.

BUILDINGS AT 19-37 WING ON STREET AND 18-34 TUNG MAN STREET ARE STRUCTURALLY DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT AND COULD NOT WITHSTAND DEMOLITION OF ADJOINING BUILDINGS AND SHOULD ALL BE DEMOLISHED IN ONE OPERATION IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUILDINGS AT 19, 23, 25 AND 33 WING ON STREET AND AND 34 TUNG MAN STREET HAVE BEEN RESUMED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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PROTECTIVE MEASURES WILL BE REQUIRED IN SOME OF THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS THAT WILL REMAIN.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS FOR 21, 27-31, 35 AND 37 WING ON STREET ON DECEMBER 29 WERE POSTED ON THE TODAY.

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