House of Hong Kong Science Park chief in luxurious Redhill Peninsula property discovered with unauthorised buildings, authorities land illegally occupied

Hong Kong authorities have discovered unauthorised buildings and illegally occupied public land at a authorities adviser’s dwelling in a luxurious residential property the place rampant abuse of constructing legal guidelines was uncovered earlier, ordering the proprietor to rectify the wrongdoing.

The Buildings Division and Lands Division on Tuesday stated that they had entered home No 148 on the Redhill Peninsula in Tai Tam and located unlawful buildings. Authorities land was additionally illegally occupied.

The home is owned by Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu, chairman of the Hong Kong Science and Know-how Parks Company and a member of the Chief Govt’s Council of Advisers for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Authorities stated they’d problem a structural removing discover and order the restoration of the federal government land, and quickly ban any sale of the home.

Checks by the Publish on Tuesday confirmed that home No 148 had a backyard suspected to have been constructed on authorities land.

Chai purchased the home, which has a gross flooring space of three,339 sq ft (310 sq. metres), in November 2019 for HK$96.2 million (US$12.3 million).

Satellite tv for pc photographs confirmed work within the backyard started in November 2020 and was prolonged to the adjoining hillside on authorities land by January 2021.

The prolonged backyard was not there earlier than Chai purchased the home within the upmarket property.

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In line with Land Registry info, the prolonged backyard sits outdoors the lot belonging to the Redhill Peninsula, and there’s no document of a short-term lease.

Satellite tv for pc photographs additionally present turf within the backyard was cleared away this month, however foundations haven’t but been restored.

Veteran structural engineer Ngai Hok-yan advised the Publish that in Chai’s case, development that went past the lot boundaries may very well be thought of as being on authorities land.

The Publish has approached Chai by way of the Science Park for remark.

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A landslide triggered by document rainfall final month uncovered breaches of planning guidelines on the upmarket property. Authorities initially recognized unauthorised buildings at 4 seaside homes, three of which have been additionally discovered to have occupied authorities land illegally.

The invention sparked the general public’s anger over what was perceived as lax enforcement on luxurious properties.

The September discovery triggered an inspection of the remaining 85 houses alongside the Redhill shoreline, with most suspected to have breached constructing legal guidelines. Checks had coated 34 homes with entry efficiently gained to twenty of them as of Monday.

The federal government stated it could start one other spherical of inspections later this week.

Chan Kim-ching, founding father of the Liber Analysis Group, an NGO specializing in land and growth coverage, stated it was unclear whether or not Chai had tried to revive the federal government land himself or due to an official order till authorities launched a press assertion.

“The federal government needs to be extra clear on progress,” he stated.

Chan added that the federal government also needs to cost landowners whose properties encroached on public land and introduced further slope upkeep expenditure.

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These convicted of continued occupancy of presidency land for the primary time face a most penalty of as much as six months’ jail and a HK$500,000 nice. They can be fined HK$50,000 daily till they cease occupying the land.

Upon a second conviction, they resist six months’ imprisonment and a HK$1 million nice. They can be fined HK$100,000 a day till they adjust to the discover.