Public housing resident convicted by court for making false statements
A public rental housing (PRH) resident was suspected of contravening the Housing Ordinance and was charged with three counts of making a false statement, including falsely declaring that she did not own any property. The woman was convicted in Fanling Magistrates' Courts on July 30 and was sentenced to fines and imprisonment, a spokesman for the Housing Department (HD) said today (August 1).
The PRH resident living in Yung Shing Court in Fanling failed to declare in the Income and Assets Declaration Forms in 2022 that she owned landed property in Hong Kong. Furthermore, she declared in her application for Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats in 2023 that she did not have any domestic property in Hong Kong. An investigation by the HD revealed that she had owned a domestic property in Tai Po and a non-residential property in Tuen Mun at the material time. The HD recovered the subject PRH flat in March 2024.
Having considered the gravity of the offence and the precious PRH resources involved, the PRH resident was convicted of three charges amounting to a total fine of $54,000, plus imprisonment for two months (suspended for 12 months) on each of the charges, to run concurrently.
PRH residents are reminded that households living in PRH, as well as those applying for subsidised housing, should dutifully declare all their income, assets, and properties. All PRH households should accurately complete their Income and Assets Declaration Forms, read the content and completion guidelines of the Declaration Forms carefully and compute their income and assets in accordance with the methods specified.
The HD will continue to adopt multipronged measures to combat the abuse of PRH in a comprehensive manner.
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FEHD Sunlight Market stalls for rent on January 22, 23 and 26
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (January 14) that eight vacant stalls at the Sunlight Market will be available to the public for renting on January 22, 23 and 26 on a first-come, first-served basis.
The retail commodities allowed for sale in these stalls cover vegetables, seawater fish, frozen/chilled meat (excluding chilled poultry), other food-related wet goods, non-food-related wet goods and non-food-related dry goods. The licence agreement is a 25-month fixed term starting from February 1, with no right of renewal upon expiry of the licence agreement. The licence fee of the stalls varies depending on their sizes. Relevant information is available on the FEHD website.
Members of the public who are interested in renting a market stall should approach the Islands District Environmental Hygiene Office, Room 626, 6/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central (Tel: 2852 3606), to apply in person from 9.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm to 4.30pm during the abovementioned renting period.
A spokesman for the FEHD said, "Applicants for the market stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. To allow more people to select stalls and increase customer choices by enhancing the diversity in terms of the variety of stalls, each applicant can only rent one stall in the Sunlight Market. The terms and conditions of renting market stalls on a first-come, first-served basis have been uploaded to the FEHD website, detailing the qualifications of the applicants."
Details of renting market stalls in the FEHD Sunlight Market on a first-come, first-served basis have been uploaded to the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/tidy_market/FCFS/index.html). Interested applicants may visit the department website or contact the Islands District Environmental Hygiene Office.
The Sunlight Market, Photo source: reference image
