Key facts
- District councillor Peggy Wong resigned as an honorary adviser to Plover Cove Garden.
- Hop On Management Company missed a deadline to hold a meeting with owners of Wang Fuk Court.
- The Lands Tribunal had dismissed Hop On's request for a postponement.
- A petition was circulated among Plover Cove Garden owners calling for Wong's removal.
Hong Kong district councillor Peggy Wong Pik-kiu has resigned from her honorary adviser role at the Plover Cove Garden housing estate in Tai Po. The decision follows concerns raised by some owners about her suitability for the position, particularly in light of her links to the former owners' committee of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court.
Hop On Management Company, the administrator for the Wang Fuk Court estate, has missed a court-ordered deadline to hold a meeting with flat owners. The meeting was scheduled for Saturday, the day the deadline was upheld by the Lands Tribunal. The tribunal had dismissed Hop On's request to postpone the extraordinary general meeting, ruling it lacked the authority to do so.
The Building Management Ordinance stipulates that the chairman of the management committee must convene a general meeting within 14 days of a request from at least 5 per cent of homeowners and hold it within 45 days. The 14-day deadline expired on May 13. On April 29, 247 owners of Wang Fuk Court, representing over 12 per cent of its households, petitioned Hop On to convene a meeting to discuss the handling of issues arising from the inferno that killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000 others.
Hop On stated it was preparing to convene the meeting under "unprecedented and exceptional circumstances" and that resources were dedicated to facilitating it as soon as possible.