Author: siobhan01n
Hong Kong – Property owners given suspended jail sentences for persistently not complying with removal orders
Property owners given suspended jail sentences for persistently not complying with removal orders ****************************************************************************************** Three property owners were given suspended jail sentences last week at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts and the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts respectively for failing to comply with two removal orders issued under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 123). The first case involved a three-storey house on Yu Chui Street, Tai Lam, Tuen Mun. The unauthorised building works (UBWs) included illegal site formation works for constructing around 120 square metres of garden and construction on different floors of five structures of about 55 sq m ... Read more