Ceremony Bids Farewell To Tilting Symbol Of Taiwan Quake

Paper money is placed on a table as an offering before demolition work begins on a precariously tilting building in Taiwan's Hualien (Credit: AFP)

Fruit, flowers and incense paper were laid on a table Friday as authorities prepared a ceremony before demolishing a precariously tilting building that has become a symbol of Taiwan's biggest quake in 25 years.

The glass-fronted Uranus building, located in Hualien, the city nearest the quake's epicentre, is a 10-storey mix of shops and apartments that has stood for nearly 40 years.