Four property owners fined over $1,180,000 in total for not complying with removal and repair orders
Four owners were convicted and fined $1,181,400 in total, of which $1,061,400 was the fine for the number of days that the offence continued, at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts yesterday (October 6) for failing to comply with removal orders and repair orders issued under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 123). The case involved alteration of six units into mini-storage units in an industrial building on Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong. As the alteration and addition works were carried out without prior approval and consent from the Buildings Department (BD), and they obstructed the means of escape and means of access for firefighting and rescue activities, contravening the Building (Planning) Regulations, six removal orders and six repair orders were served on the four owners under section 24(1) and section 26 of the BO respectively. Failing to comply with the statutory orders, the four owners had been prosecuted by the BD and were fined upon conviction by the court. As they persisted in not complying with the statutory orders, they were prosecuted for the second time. A spokesman for the BD said today (October 7), "Unauthorised alteration works causing obstruction to the means of esca
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