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Owners' Corporation in private buildings

Following is a question by the Hon Bruce Liu Sing-lee and a written reply by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Reply:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

Mr President,

of the total number of cases in which two or more Owners' Corporations exist in the same private building concurrently;

whether the situation mentioned above contravenes any provisions of the law; if so, why such a situation has occurred; and whether the Government will consider amending the existing legislation so as to prevent such a situation occurring; if not, what measures does the Government have to resolve disputes arising from such a situation; and

which Government departments are involved in the process of forming Owners' Corporations in private buildings, and what their respective roles are?

My reply is as follows:

(a)

(b)

according to the records of both the Home Affairs Department (HAD) and of the Land Registry, there is no private building in which two or more owners' corporations exist concurrently;

the Building Management Ordinance provides, inter alia, for the incorporation of owners in buildings. There is no provision in the Ordinance to allow two or more owners' corporations in the same building to exist concurrently. As there is no building in which two or more owners' corporations exist concurrently ((a) above), we consider that there is no need to amend the Ordinance in this respect; and