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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992

TWO PRE-WAR BUILDINGS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED BUILDINGS AT 1 AND 2 ΚΙ LING LANE, WESTERN, LIABLE DANGEROUS.

THE

PRE-WAR ΤΟ BECOME

BUILDING SURVEYOR WELL AS

IN A STATEMENT, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT SAID THE BUILDINGS HAD LOAD-BEARING BRICK AND STONE WALLS AS TIMBER FLOOR AND ROOF JOISTS.

BALCONIES AND KITCHENS

THE REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS OF THE WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF DILAPIDATION WITH SPALLED CONCRETE.

SEVERAL

THE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR AND THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURAL TIMBER MEMBERS TO BE POOR WITH SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DEFECTIVE TIMBERS ON OF BOTH BUILDINGS AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF 2 KI LING LANE.

MONTHS FOUND THE ROOFS

WAS

LOAD-BEARING WALLS

PARTY WALL.

IN ADDITION, CRACKS HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE FRONT EXTERNAL WALL WITH THE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 OF THE LANE.

MEMBERS OF THE THE OCCUPANTS,

THE EXTENT OF THE DEFECTIVE STRUCTURAL TIMBER TWO BUILDINGS GIVES RISE TO CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE EARLIER COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF AT 4 KI LANE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED FOR DEMOLITION TOGETHER WITH 3.

LING

AT 2

IN VIEW OF THE GENERAL CONDITION AND AGE OF THE BUILDING KI LING LANE AND THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF WORKS REQUIRED TO RENDER SAFE, IT IS CONSIDERED UNECONOMICAL TO CARRY OUT REPAIR WORKS.

THE BUILDING SHOULD BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

IT

IT TOO

WOULD NOT SHOULD BE

GIVEN ITS GENERAL CONDITION AND AGE 1 KI LING LANE

· BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF 2 AND THUS CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

IN

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS KONG DISTRICT COURT ON JANUARY 15 NEXT YEAR AND ORDERS DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDINGS WERE POSTED ON THE PREMISES TODAY.

THE HONG

FOR THE

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