The General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) yesterday suggested the government impose a tax on privately owned vacant plots of land as a way to push the landowners to develop their plots as soon as possible.
Chan Ka Leong, who heads Kai Fong’s social affairs committee, made the suggestion during a press conference at the group’s community service centre in Toi San district.
Kai Fong staff visited most plots of idle land from August to December last year, which they were told had been left undeveloped and obtained information about the plots from several government entities’ websites, such as the Mapping and Land Registry Bureau (DSCC) and Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT).
This was the second time the association has carried out a survey of the city’s plots of undeveloped land. The first time was in 2013.
Chan Ka Leong (centre), who heads the social affairs committee of the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong), Sam Keng Wan (left), who heads the Kai Fong office for the northern district, and Ho Weng Hong, who heads the Kai Fong office for the central district, pose before a press conference yesterday announcing the findings of a vacant land survey, at the groups community service centre in Toi San district.
Photo: Debby Seng
