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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1994

THE WARNING FOLLOWED THE CONVICTION AT THE KWUN MAGISTRACY RECENTLY OF THE OWNER OF AN ANAUTHORISED GOODS LIFT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN KWUN TONG.

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FOUR EMPLOYEES OF A TEXTILE COMPANY WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THEY WERE USING THE BANNED GOODS LIFT IN THE BUILDING IN JUNE LAST YEAR.

"INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THE LIFT HAS BEEN FROM USE SINCE MAY LAST YEAR BY THE DEMS AND THE BAN WAS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE PROPRIETOR OF THE TEXTILE COMPANY WHO OWNS THE SUBSEQUENTLY PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATING THE LIFTS AND (SAFETY ORDINANCE.

PROHIBITED IN FORCE

LIFT WAS ESCALATORS

USE OF UNAUTHORISED LIFTS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE SHALL BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $10,000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

BUILDING OWNERS' CORPORATIONS THANKED

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TWO OWNERS' CORPORATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN KWAI TSING WERE PRAISED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT FOR ACHIEVING 100 PER CENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S ADVICE ON REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS.

A TOTAL OF 196 UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS WERE REMOVED FROM THE EXTERNAL WALLS OF MAI ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 17-21 KUNG YIP STREET AND HOOVER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 26-38 KWAI CHEONG ROAD.

SINCE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TARGET INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN KWAI TSING BY THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, 71 ADVISORY LETTERS FROM THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT WERE SENT ON OCTOBER 20, 1992 TO MAI ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REQUESTING REMOVAL OR RECTIFICATION OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS.

WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD, 112 UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS (FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECTING FRAMES SUPPORTING AQUA-COOLING TOWER, ABANDONED METAL FRAMES, METAL CAGES AND FLAT ROOF STRUCTURES) WERE REMOVED AND FOUR SUB-STANDARD METAL GATES RECTIFIED.

THE HOOVER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS SELECTED AS A TARGET BUILDING UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION CATHERINE WHEEL IN JUNE 1992.

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IT RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MONTH 48 ADVISORY LETTERS REMOVAL OF ALL UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS.

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AS OF JANUARY 25, 1994 A TOTAL OF 84 UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS WERE REMOVED, INCLUDING A CLUSTER OF METAL FRAMES SUPPORTING HEAVY AQUA-COOLING TOWERS OVERHANGING A BUSY BUS STOP AT ROAD.

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CHUNG

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