2023-09-13 08:18:00
Ordinary people, when encountering a government official knocking on the door with identification, would respond normally by opening the door and cooperating, and chatting.
Last year, when my house was being renovated, a troublesome neighbor came and caused nuisance every day. All the government departments that had the slightest connection to it complained. As a result, the Police, Lands Department, Buildings Department, Environmental Protection Department, and Labor Department all came. What was our reaction at that time? All, open the door, come in and take a look, where are the violations? please tell me.
I still remember that when the workers from the Labor Department came for inspection that day, they turned on the video camera on their chest, and walked into the house I was renovating to inspect and take videos as if they were catching a thief. They also went through the renovation worker’s backpack to see Check to see if there is clean water inside. It turns out that it is illegal for employers not to provide adequate and clean drinking water to their employees.
I think it is only natural that citizens should obey orders from government officials and cooperate with them properly.
I just found out today that I can shut down the staff of the Buildings Department and the Lands Department, and the Labor Department staff who go through the backpacks of decoration workers are invading privacy at any time.
A few days ago, heavy rain caused a landslide on the Redhill Peninsula in the luxury area of Hong Kong Island. It was unexpectedly revealed that several detached houses facing the sea were suspected of occupying official land on the hillside and being built illegally.
The online media “Hong Kong 01” compared the unit plans, the Lands Department map and the reporter’s on-site aerial photos, and found that there are more than 35 detached houses suspected of unauthorized construction in the entire Red Mountain Peninsula. This is only a visual number and cannot be seen by the naked eye. I believe there will be more unauthorized construction. Some people in the real estate industry have made it clear that it is an open secret that more than half of the houses in Hongshan Peninsula have unauthorized construction.
After reading the news following the incident, it turned out that the owners of several houses involved in landslides refused to cooperate with the government investigation and even refused to allow Buildings Department personnel to enter for inspection. As a result, the Buildings Department had to apply for a warrant from the court to gain entry. What’s even worse is that the owner of House No. 74 actually refused to let him enter the unauthorized building when government personnel entered the house for inspection.
It is obvious that the owner of the household is very knowledgeable regarding the law, because the search address on the warrant only covers the legal area of the house and does not include the area of illegal unauthorized construction. Therefore, entry is strictly prohibited. As a result, the Department of Labor and Buildings has to apply once more to gain access. Warrant for unauthorized construction.
It has been five days since the landslide, and government personnel have still not been able to set foot in the unauthorized building units to investigate whether there are potential dangers. A large house at No. 74 not only reveals the long-standing problem of unauthorized construction on the Red Mountain Peninsula, but also allows everyone to see the extent of Hong Kong’s elite class.
If the area where the landslide occurred was a stone house on a hillside in the New Territories, I believe that the relevant departments would have entered the house on the day of the accident. Five days would be enough to take the owner of the house to court for illegal construction and occupying government land.
It’s because it’s a mansion where the rich and powerful live. It’s a “private place” and government officials can’t even enter.
House No. 74, which is closed to entry, is owned in the name of the company by Yuan Huiming, the former head of the Asia Pacific marketing department of HSBC Bank. She is a celebrity in the public relations industry and a member of the Public Relations Committee of the Community Chest. A public relations celebrity can play tricks on the Buildings Department. There are so many luxury houses in Hongshan Peninsula and so many prominent people live there. It is so difficult just to get everyone to open the door. How to inspect, handle and enforce the problem of unauthorized construction? To shake the interests of the rich and powerful, it is not only a test of kung fu, but also the courage and responsibility of the official.
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