Tai Po Wang Fuk Court No. 5 Alarm Fire | Fire victims unhappy they cannot take donated furniture and appliances from transitional housing; arrangement changed at night to allow residents to take them
大埔宏福苑五級火｜災民不滿搬離過渡屋不能帶走獲贈傢電 善導會晚上改變安排 容許住戶帶走
Some Wang Fuk Court fire victims posted on social media saying they were dissatisfied after being told they could not take donated furniture and appliances when moving out of transitional housing. The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong, which operates the transitional housing project “Shan Lau”, said this afternoon (21st) that it had previously informed residents they could not take the items when moving out because it hoped the basic living provisions would remain in place for the next Wang Fuk Court residents moving in. However, the society issued another statement in the evening saying it had “heard everyone’s views” and that any Wang Fuk Court residents leaving Shan Lau could take the furniture and appliances with them as needed. The society’s secretary-general, Su Hwei Lee, told this newspaper in the evening that, based on its initial communication with donors, the intention was for the donated items to help as many people in need as possible. It had therefore previously told residents that it hoped they would leave the appliances behind when moving out, so that the units would have basic furnishings for the residents who moved in afterwards.
有大埔宏福苑災民在社交平台發文，稱搬離過渡屋時被要求不能帶走獲贈的傢俬電器，對此感不滿。負責營運過渡房屋「善樓」的善導會，今日（21日）下午先說希望現住戶遷出而下一戶宏福居民遷入時，已有這些基本生活配套，故早期已告知居民如遷出不能帶走有關物資。不過，到晚上，善導會再出聲明，指「聆聽到大家意見，因此如有任何宏福苑街坊離開善樓時，可按需要帶走傢電」。 善導會總幹事李淑慧晚上向本報稱，基於最初與捐贈者的溝通是希望物資盡可能幫助更多有需要的人，所以過往均向入住居民表達希望他們遷出時留下家電，讓單位有基本配置，方便隨後入住的居民。