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Illegal rooftop structures

Following is a question by the Hon Yeung Sum and a reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lauds, Mr Tony Eason, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

With regard to rooftop structures, will the Government inform this council of:

(a)

the number of such structures in the territory at present; of these, how many are legal;

(b)

the number of illegal rooftop structures assigned through solicitors and registered with the Land Registry in the past five years; and what is the legal justification for the Government permitting such transactions and registration of the assignments;

the number of illegal rooftop structures on which rates are levied; what is the legal justification for levying rates on such structures; and

(c)

(d)

the rehousing policy for residents of illegal rooftop structures; and whether such policy will be reviewed; if not, why not?

Answer

Mr President.

The answers to the nine or ten parts of this question are as follows:

(a)

(b)

The Administration has neither counted the numbers of rooftop structures in the territory, nor determined how many are legal or illegal.

Again, the numbers of rooftop structures, whether legal or illegal, assigned through solicitors and registered with the Land Registry in the past five years have not been counted.