The Aporia · Kowloon leads as 70% of Hong Kong’s subdivided flats registered for grace period

Edith Lin

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🔮 The Buildings Department announced in early October that it would conduct random checks on buildings in the estate, after Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said he had tasked the Development Bureau to closely monitor the investigation into the case.

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🔮 While the department said the irregularities did not “pose obvious danger”, it did not mention whether it would examine the other properties in the development, which comprises 32 detached houses and 11 low-rise blocks containing 50 flats in total.

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🔮 Advocacy group warns that some subdivided flat tenants are struggling to resettle and are becoming worse off under the new housing regime Housewife May and her three children were overjoyed last September when they moved into a 200 sq ft subdivided flat in Kwai Tsing, a Hong Kong district with one of the city’s lowest average monthly household incomes.

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Kowloon leads as 70% of Hong Kong’s subdivided flats registered for grace period Among the 75,070 registered units, 49,100 are located in Kowloon, including 21,500 in Yau Tsim Mong district, Housing Bureau says About 70 per cent of subdivided flats in Hong Kong have been registered for a grace period under a new law aimed at eradicating substandard homes, with most submissions coming from landlords in Kowloon’s Yau Tsim Mong district, according to the Housing Bureau. uncertain

submissions → lead → Bureau

The bureau told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that 75,070 subdivided homes across about 21,000 whole flats had been registered for the three-year grace period since applications opened in March under the new Basic Housing Units Ordinance. asserted

applications → tell → Ordinance

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin said the properties covered about 70 per cent of the 110,000 subdivided flats identified in an earlier survey. asserted

properties → say → survey

“Such satisfactory progress shows that most subdivided unit owners or operators are keen to be brought under the new regime in order to obtain a 36-month grace period first and then plan for the next steps of their flats,” Ho said in a written reply to the inquiry from lawmaker Steven Ho Chun-yin. asserted

Ho → show → yin

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