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Tai Po fire: Administrator confident owners meeting can be held next month
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Tai Po fire: Administrator confident owners meeting can be held next month

From Hong Kong Free Press · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The administrator for the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court is confident an owners' meeting can be held in July, after missing a previous deadline.
  • Hop On Management will not appeal a decision denying its bid to extend the deadline for the meeting.
  • The meeting will discuss long-term resettlement and related financial matters, but not individual owners' decisions on selling their flats.

The government-appointed administrator for the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court expressed confidence that an owners' meeting will be held in July, following a missed deadline two weeks prior. Hop On Management stated it will focus its resources on preparing for the meeting after deciding against appealing a Lands Tribunal decision that denied the firm's request to extend the statutory deadline.

Hop On will instead focus its resources on advancing the preparations for the Owners’ Meeting and is confident that the meeting can be successfully held within July

— Hop On ManagementHop On Management said in a Friday statement that it will focus on preparing for the meeting after deciding it will not seek an appeal against a Lands Tribunal decision denying the firm’s bid to extend the statutory deadline for an owners’ meeting.

"Hop On will instead focus its resources on advancing the preparations for the Owners’ Meeting and is confident that the meeting can be successfully held within July," the firm said in a statement. The blaze in November 2025 engulfed seven residential towers, killing 168 people and displacing thousands.

Various options are being explored to ensure the meeting can proceed smoothly

— Hop On ManagementThe firm said it was still seeking a venue that would accommodate at least 1,000 people and would be available for six consecutive hours on a Saturday or Sunday.

Hop On Management faced challenges in verifying owner signatures and finding a venue large enough to accommodate at least 1,000 people for six consecutive hours. The firm said it is exploring various options to ensure the meeting proceeds smoothly. The upcoming meeting is intended to address long-term resettlement and related financial matters.

Given the special circumstances of Wang Fuk Court, Hop On still needs to address a number of arrangements in preparing for the Owners’ Meeting, including the method of delivery of meeting notices, collection points for proxy forms, and related verification procedures.

— Hop On ManagementThe firm said on Friday that given the special circumstances of Wang Fuk Court, Hop On still needs to address a number of arrangements in preparing for the Owners’ Meeting.

However, the meeting will not discuss individual owners' preferences regarding a special government buyout scheme. Hop On clarified that "Individual owners’ private property rights – including whether to sell their ownership – do not involve the control, management, or administration of the common parts or the building as a whole, and therefore will not be addressed at the Owners’ Meeting."

Individual owners’ private property rights – including whether to sell their ownership – do not involve the control, management, or administration of the common parts or the building as a whole, and therefore will not be addressed at the Owners’ Meeting.

— Hop On ManagementHop On said that the upcoming meeting would not address individual owners’ preferences as to whether they intend to sell their flats to the government in a special buyout scheme.
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Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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