1941-03-22 — Page 5

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 22, 1941.

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DAMAGE TO COLONY'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE

The accompanying pictures show in a vivid manner the serious damage that hop been caused to Government House as the result of air raid tunnel excavations on the hillside below the site. Cracks developed in the main structure some time ago, and the damage has recently been aggravated, both in the interior and exterior, so that it has been found necessary to shore up the building.

The cracks are in places two or three inches wide, as seen in the pictures. Damage is so ex- tensive that Government House is doomed to be demolished as soon as conditions permit,

Hongkong's Government House is almost 90 years old, having been built in 1852. It has been added to and partly reconstructed since then, but is one of the oldest buildings in the Colony.

Plans for city development made a few years ago, which have been shelved indefinitely because of general conditions, call for the build- ing of a new official residence for His Excellency the Governor at Magazine Gap.

The top picture gives a general view of the rear part of -the-building,-showing-the-hage-props-sunk-in-concrete- and damage to the balustrade framing the steps leading from the garden. Immediately above, on the left, may be seen the damage to the verandah columns. Above, serious cracks on the terrace near the ballroom. The picture at the left shows cracks in the plaster above a window, whilst below are a general view of the shoring in the verandah and a view of the cracks on the steps and the column outside the ballroom.-(Photos: Suu

Ying Ming).

Bhatry, Sapyeme Court

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