Several pre-sale buyers of the mothballed Pearl Horizon residential project yesterday petitioned the government, urging it to solve the long-running row so that the buyers can finally move into their flats.
The ill-fated residential construction project has been mothballed since December 2015 when its provisional land concession expired. Hong Kong-based developer Polytec is suing the local government over the land concession’s cancellation. Dozens of pre-sale buyers have held a string of protest rallies and repeatedly petitioned the government over their plight during the past two years.
Speaking to reporters after handing the latest petition to an official outside Government Headquarters yesterday, Kou Meng Pok, who heads the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, said that as there was no sign that the government would solve their predicament in cooperation with the developer, his association petitioned the government on the matter again yesterday.
Accompanied by several fellow pre-sale buyers, Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President Kou Meng Pok (second left) hands his group’s petition to an official (first left) outside Government Headquarters yesterday. The banner reads “Moving into the flats as soon as possible in line with the original construction plans and purchase contracts”. Photo: Joel Chu
