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Regarding the Yan Oi Court collapse case, the Buildings Department today obtained five closure orders from the District Court to facilitate the demolition of the illegal structures found on the first floor of the building involved in the incident. The demolition will commence soon afterwards.
The department has also completed the survey of the buildings in the vicinity and will issue 112 statutory orders to effect removal of 194 illegal structures projecting from the external walls.
End/Friday, November 17, 1995
Residential status issue still being discussed
In reply to press enquiries on a newspaper report about cut-off date for returning emigrants, a government spokesman today (Friday) reiterated that the question of the future residential status of non-Chinese nationals is still under discussion in the Joint Liaison Group.
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"The British side has not taken any position on the cut-off date proposal," he
"The implications and practical difficulties posed by such a proposal have not yet been addressed.
"We will continue our discussion with the Chinese side in the JLG with the objective of reaching an agreement acceptable to both sides as well as the Hong Kong public."
End/Friday, November 17, 1995
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