4 old structures closed after collapse; 4,000 face checks

HONG KONG: More than 70 residents of a building that collapsed last Friday in Hong Kong's Hung Hom area, killing four people and injuring two, and four other structures that were subsequently found dangerous were moved into temporary accommodations yesterday.

A total of 32 families found themselves homeless after the local government ordered four old buildings on Ma Tau Wai Road in Kowloon District to be repaired, following the collapse of the 50-year-old residential structure on the same street.

Twenty-one displaced families have been relocated to temporary lodgings on the Shek Lei (II) Estate in Kwai Chung, while others have been moved to a temporary shelter at the Henry G. Leong Yaumatei Community Center.