Election Committee Subsector By-elections voter turnout (1700)
The voter turnout figures for the 2025 Election Committee Subsector By-elections as at 5pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Subsector
Electorate
Cumulative Voter Turnout
Cumulative Turnout Rate (%)
First Sector
Commercial (Third)
106
106
100.00%
Second Sector
Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape
54
49
90.74%
Technology and Innovation
49
49
100.00%
Third Sector
Labour
675
612
90.67%
Fourth Sector
Representatives of Members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon
1,505
1,483
98.54%
Representatives of Members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories
1,242
1,211
97.50%
Total:
3,631
3,510
96.67%
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Property owner fined over $90,000 for not complying with removal order
An owner was convicted and fined $92,140 in total, of which $52,140 was the fine for the number of days that the offence continued, at the Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts last Friday (January 16) for failing to comply with a removal order issued under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 123).
The case involved an unauthorised structure with an area of about 80 square metres adjoining a village house at Tong Tau Po Tsuen, Yuen Long. Since the Lands Department would not issue a certificate of exemption for the unauthorised building works (UBWs) and the 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 was prosecuted by the BD.
A spokesman for the BD said today (January 19), "UBWs may lead to serious consequences. Owners must comply with removal orders without delay. The BD will continue to take enforcement action against owners who fail to comply with removal orders, including instigation of prosecution, to ensure building and public safety."
Failure to comply with a removal order without reasonable excuse is a serious offence under the BO. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $200,000 and one year's imprisonment, and a further fine of up to $20,000 for each day that the offence continues.
