01 Investigation
Written by: Zhou Weiqiang Li Yinglin
2020-03-30 07:00
Last updated: 2020-03-30 07:00"Hong Kong 01" reported this morning (30th) that Executive Council member Li Guozhang and his family sold the ancestral house on Po Shan Road, Mid-levels, with a valuation of 500 million yuan. The mansion was built after the Li family purchased the land in 60 years, and it collapsed due to landslides during the 618 rain in 1972.
On June 18, 1972, there were heavy rains in many areas of Hong Kong. Severe landslips occurred on Po Shan Road and Kwun Tong Relocation Area, causing 138 deaths and 71 injuries. According to early reports, it turned out that an engineer from the Hong Kong British Government Engineering Bureau visited the Baoshan Road one day before the rain disaster and persuaded the Li family to move out, and the Li family acted late to avoid a calamity.
On June 18, 1972, there was a series of heavy rains in Hong Kong. A severe landslide occurred on Po Shan Road, Mid-levels. A large-scale landslide occurred on a natural hillside at about 9 pm. Also affected, the two-storey garage was smashed by the sand and collapsed, sliding down the hillside.
On June 18, 1972, a severe landslide occurred on Baoshan Road in Mid-levels. Li Guozhang and his family's ancestral home at 21 Baoshan Road were also affected. The two-storey garage was washed down by sand and collapsed and slipped down the hillside. (Civil Engineering and Development Department)
The landslides and the destruction of a six-story building on Conduit Road formed a mudslide. Subsequently, the 12-storey Xuhe Building, which was located in the mid-levels, collapsed, and affected the highest four floors of Block E of Jingcui Garden below the slope. The incident resulted in 67 deaths and 19 injuries. The then Governor of the Territory, MacLehose, appointed a rain investigation committee and was heard in the Victoria District Court to investigate the tragedy.
According to a newspaper report that year, the investigation committee's hearing revealed that Li Guozhang's father, Li Fushu, lived at Baoshan Road Mansion. On the morning before the rain disaster (June 17), engineers from the Hong Kong Engineering Bureau visited Baoshan Road and advised the Li family to temporarily move out. The Li Fushu family moved out of the mansion that night. Five maids and six dogs had also moved out before the landslide occurred, and the Li family survived.
The incident caused a total of 67 deaths and 19 injuries. According to the newspaper report that year, the investigation committee heard that the engineer from the Hong Kong District Engineering Bureau had visited Baoshan Road on the morning before the rain disaster and advised the Li family to temporarily move out, which caused the Li family to go up and down. Survived. (Civil Engineering and Development Department)
In addition to the garage, the garden and gazebo of Li Guozhang's ancestral home were also destroyed during the landslide, and the three-storey mansion tens of feet away was preserved. After the disaster, Li Fushu hired someone to reinforce the mansion.
According to the information of the Land Registry, Li Guozhang's late mother, Li Hu Zixia, purchased the Baoshan Road site from the Hong Kong Government for 310,000 yuan in 1961, and transferred the site to her husband, Li Fushu, the following year. However, the landslide collapsed in 1972 damaged some land. In 1974, the Hong Kong Government re-approved a new land area and a new deed. This new deed stipulated that the land can only be built up to 35 feet high, and the ceiling limit for redevelopment was 4,992. Square feet.
The landslide collapsed in 1972, and some land was damaged. In 1974, the Hong Kong Government re-approved a new site area and a new deed, stipulating that the site can only build 35-foot-tall buildings, and stipulated that the maximum floor area during reconstruction was 4,992 square feet. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)
Li Fushu died in May 1995, and Li Hu Zixia became the owner again. In 2000, he transferred the land of the mansion to Eight Star Glory Ltd, a company in which Li Guobao and Li Guozhang were directors.
Li Fushu is the founder of Li Fushu Certified Public Accountants. He was also an unofficial member of the Executive and Legislative Councils. His father, Li Guanchun, was one of the founders of the Bank of East Asia.
↓↓ Landslide computer simulation animation of Baoshan Road in 1972 ↓↓
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