Three property owners fined nearly $320,000 in total for persistently not complying with removal orders

​Three owners were convicted and fined $317,440 in total at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts yesterday (October 13) for persistently failing to comply with removal orders issued under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 123). The first case involved several projecting structures with a total area of about 5.4 square metres in a composite building on Woosung Street, Jordan. As the unauthorised building works (UBWs) were carried out without prior approval and consent from the Buildings Department (BD), a removal order was served on the owner under section 24(1) of the BO. Failing to comply with the removal order, the owner had been prosecuted by the BD two times and was fined upon conviction by the court. As the owner persisted in not complying with the removal order, the owner was prosecuted for the third time and was fined $139,700 upon conviction by the court, of which $123,700 was the fine for the number of days that the offence continued. The second case involved an unauthorised structure with an area of about 20 sq m on the flat roof and the removal of a fire-resisting door at the unit entrance in a composite building on Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong. As the unauthorised works were

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