The land was resumed and the buildings were demolished by the government in the mid 1890's due to insanitary conditions of the area being responsible for the plague epidemic.
Full report on resumption by the Government dated 11th August 1896 online here (click link twice) <Read more ...>
An old tenement building in Tai Ping Shan with a sloped roof.
Definitely pre-war, the facade is also similar to buildings in pictures taken around the time of the plague epidemic, although it doesn't seem likely that it could be that old.
Its been empty for years, does anyone have any more information on this building?