2023-08-29 10:48:41
[Single Media Report]Haidu Building in Xihuan District has been involved in major maintenance disputes for nearly a year. The criticized corporation finally held a special owners’ meeting at the beginning of last month, but the chairman cut the meeting in half and rescheduled it to today (29th). The meeting was held at the Kowloon Bay Restaurant 20 kilometers away, but it was temporarily announced that the meeting would be canceled on the eve of the meeting (28th). Nearly 200 owners arrived in Kowloon Bay this afternoon, and many of them even asked for leave to come. The staff of the banquet hall pointed out that the venue was not booked. Everyone then held a meeting outside the venue according to the procedures, and finally unanimously passed the resolution to overturn the major maintenance, recall the current OC and elect a new committee member.
From left: Zhuang Ronghui, Wu Kaixin
The spokesperson of the Hong Kong Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bid Rigging Alliance, Zhuang Ronghui, explained outside the restaurant that the “Building Management Ordinance” does not allow corporations to announce their cancellation on the day before the meeting, so today’s meeting is still valid, and emphasized that as long as the number of participants reaches the standard , the owners can still hold meetings and vote in the absence of members of the corporation.
Ye Guoqianzi came to the scene to question the legitimacy of the meeting
The community officer of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and Yip Kwok-him’s son Ye Yi-nan was also present, but he had reservations about the off-site meeting. He said frankly that everyone was unwilling to hold meetings across districts. The Central and Western District District Office also told him that they could arrange meeting venues in the district, but the OC insisted on holding meetings in Kowloon Bay. “To be honest, it’s not reasonable.” He pointed out that the Civil Affairs Office did not send anyone today, and there was no corporate representative present, “I think we are barely holding a meeting here, and there may be issues of legality being challenged later.”
Ye Yinan emphasized that the problem should be solved through legal means, and admitted that although the current regulations did not abolish the meeting mechanism, “it does not mean that it is legal to open here.” He reiterated that the information he received was that the corporation had canceled the meeting and would find another date and place for the meeting. He also mentioned that he had reminded the corporation whether the procedures were met before signing the contract for major repairs, and he also wrote to the corporation requesting Suspend the project and hold a meeting of owners to discuss,
Corporation accuses Zhuang Ronghui of “anti-China chaos in Hong Kong” Zhuang: will be sued for defamation
In October last year, the Haidu Building Corporation in the Western District passed a major repair of about 30 million yuan in disputes. The corporation was later sued by the owner to the Land Tribunal. The Bank of East Asia subsequently froze the corporation’s bank account. resigned from the month. Haidu Building Corporation once held a special owners’ meeting on July 9, but the meeting was cut off by the chairman. The corporation announced in mid-August that it would postpone the general meeting today (August 29), but the venue was chosen to be located 20 kilometers away at the Park Le Golden Banquet International Ballroom in the Hongtian Center in Kowloon Bay. Xia Baolong, executive deputy head of the central Hong Kong and Macao Work Leading Group and director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, visited the restaurant for morning tea when he visited Hong Kong in April this year, and recently held a farewell banquet for Wong Tai Sin Civil Affairs Commissioner Huang Zhihua.
The owner received a temporary letter from the corporation in the mailbox last night (28th), announcing the cancellation of the owner’s general meeting on the next day on the 29th, claiming that the general meeting will be held in Western District as soon as possible. The letter accused Zhuang Ronghui, the convener of the Hong Kong Anti-Corruption and Anti-Rigging League, of “anti-China chaos in Hong Kong and invading Haidulou”. It also accused “Independent Media”, “Channel C” and “Epoch Times” and other media chaos in Hong Kong”, and named Huang Tingbang, Liaison Director of the Central and Western District District Office, to handle the matter in a neutral manner. Zhuang Ronghui said that he has drafted a lawyer’s letter and will accuse Haidulou Corporation of defamation, “I have never opposed China and disrupted Hong Kong, so don’t bend me.”
The banquet hall said no one had booked an off-site meeting for 200 people
Nearly 200 owners rented a tourist bus spontaneously this afternoon and arrived at the restaurant at 3:00, but the staff of the banquet hall responded that the venue was not booked, and if they rented it now, they would have to pay a rent of 50,000 yuan. The audience was in an uproar and stayed at the door Gather outside. Except for the treasurer, the chairman of the corporation, Weng Peiling, and other members were not present.
Zhuang Ronghui mentioned on the sidelines that the corporation only completed the collection of authorization letters last Sunday (27th), and wondered why it decided to cancel the conference 48 hours later. He also raised doubts, pointing out that 308 authorization votes were counted last Sunday, but there were only 369 owners of Haidu Building, which is quite unreasonable. Zhuang Ronghui continued to point out that according to Chapter 344 of the “Building Management Regulations”, the owner’s meeting does not have a temporary cancellation mechanism. It needs to be approved by the management committee at a meeting and notify the owner at least 14 days in advance. Therefore, today’s meeting cannot be cancelled, that is, it is still valid .
Zhuang Ronghui also said that the “Building Management Regulations” stipulates that the number of owners’ meetings must be one-tenth of all the owners. Therefore, as long as the number of people meets the standard, the meeting can still be held in accordance with the procedure in the absence of the OC. The people present registered one by one, and the total number exceeded 180, accounting for 49% of all the owners of Haidu Building, which met the threshold for the meeting.
Unanimously overturned the major maintenance resolution and successfully re-elected 9 new committee members
At 4:00 p.m., the meeting was held on time. Since the natural host of the owners’ meeting, that is, the chairman of the corporation, was absent, everyone first elected the host of the meeting, and finally Wu Kaixin, another spokesperson of the Anti-Bid Collusion Alliance, was elected to host the meeting. The meeting then entered the agenda one by one, all of which were passed unanimously by a show of hands, including overturning the resolution of the major maintenance contractor, recalling the current OC, and electing 9 new committee members on the spot, with Huang Jielian elected as the new chairman.
The meeting was finally completed within 10 minutes. All the owners clapped and cheered happily, and boarded the tourist bus to leave one after another. Wu Kaixin said that the next step after the meeting is to sort out and publish the minutes of the meeting, and assist new members to take oaths and register with the Land Registry.
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