16 Mar 2024獨媒#3193
市建局：無參與揀選樂翠臺大維修承辦商
In the dispute over major repairs at Lok Tsui Court in Chai Wan, residents voted at an owners’ meeting this week by 99% to terminate a repair contract worth more than $100 million and replace the owners’ corporation. One point of contention is that the price of the former owners’ corporation’s repair contract was more than $30 million higher than the Urban Renewal Authority’s estimate. The URA issued a press release yesterday responding to its role at Lok Tsui Court. It said Lok Tsui Court joined the TenderSure programme in December 2016, but the owners’ corporation had already hired an engineering consultancy more than a year earlier, and the URA did not take part in any arrangements. The URA also reiterated that, after providing the relevant support, it would not participate in selecting the contractor or in discussions.
柴灣樂翠臺大維修爭議，本周街坊在業主大會以99%通過終止逾一億維修合約、撤換法團。爭議點之一，是舊法團的維修合約價格，比市建局的評估高出逾3,000萬。市建局昨日發新聞稿，回應在樂翠臺的角色。局方指樂翠臺早於2016年12月參加「招標妥」，但早於一年前法團已聘請工程顧問公司，局方無參與任何安排。市建局亦重申，在提供相關支援後，並不會參與揀選承辦商及參與討論。
13 Mar 2024獨媒#3163
樂翠臺開會至凌晨 99%業主通過終止合約、撤換管委會
The management committee of the owners’ corporation at Lok Tsui Court in Chai Wan planned a major repair project costing more than HK$100 million last year, but the relevant estimate was more than HK$30 million higher than the Urban Renewal Authority’s estimate. A flat owner applied to the Lands Tribunal and obtained an order requiring the owners’ corporation to hold a owners’ meeting, which was convened last night. The meeting was originally scheduled for 7:30pm, and more than 600 residents attended. However, it did not begin until 10pm. About an hour later, the corporation’s chairman, Qu Wai-chung, announced an adjournment, but representatives of the Home Affairs Department intervened, saying that the chairman had no power to make the decision unilaterally. The residents continued the meeting while the chairman and management committee members left. The motion to terminate the repair contract was ultimately passed by an overwhelming 99% majority.
柴灣樂翠臺法團管委會，去年擬進行逾億元的大維修工程，惟相關估價比市建局估價高逾3,000萬。有業主入稟土地審裁處，獲頒令法團需舉行業遑大會，會議昨晚召開。大會原定晚上7時30分舉行，逾600名居民出席。惟會議延至晚上10時才開始，約一小時後法團主席瞿偉忠宣布延會，不過民政處代表阻止，指主席無權單方面決定。在場居民繼續會議，主席與管委會成員則離場，最終以99%大比數通過終止維修合約。
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