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Ombudsman approves violation of title deeds for placing tables and chairs at CITIC Tower

2020-01-14T12:20:21.436Z


Some shopping malls must provide public walkways or public plazas in accordance with the title deeds. The Office of The Ombudsman said today (14th) that in the past five years, the Lands Office found a total of 65 cases of violation of land leases for commercial use, but the prescription only collected an exemption fee from a shopping mall. 100 million yuan. According to the pictures provided by the Office, one of the malls involved was suspected to be the Admiralty CITIC Building. The Office criticized the Lands Office for a 10-month inspection before issuing a warning letter to the owner. "Deed". The reporter came to observe today and found that the problem continued.


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Written by: Wang Jieen

2020-01-14 20:12

Last updated: 2020-01-14 20:17

Some shopping malls must provide public walkways or public plazas in accordance with the title deeds. The Office of The Ombudsman said today (14th) that in the past five years, the Lands Office found a total of 65 cases of violation of land leases for commercial use, but the prescription only collected an exemption fee from a shopping mall. 100 million yuan.

According to the pictures provided by the Office, one of the malls involved was suspected to be the Admiralty CITIC Building. The Office criticized the Lands Office for a 10-month inspection before issuing a warning letter to the owner. "Deed". The reporter came to observe today and found that the problem continued.

The reporter went to visit the CITIC Tower in Admiralty. The environment on the scene matched the photos shown by the Office. The situation did not improve. (Photo by Wang Jieen)

The Office of The Ombudsman stated that according to the title deed, there were several restaurants next to the public passageway in the shopping mall, and multiple tables and chairs were placed in the public passageway. The Office said that when the District Lands Office conducted an inspection in 2014, it found "commercial problems in breach of contract", but took no enforcement action, and issued a warning letter to the owner after 10 months.

The PCPD continued to point out that the District Lands Office did not conduct a review in the shopping mall two months after the expiry of the warning letter period, far exceeding the one to three week time limit for ordinary cases. However, the situation continued after the warning letter period expired. The warning letter was not sent to the Land Registry for a "deed", so that the problem persisted.

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The Office of the Ombudsman did not clearly indicate the mall in question, but the reporter visited the CITIC Tower in Admiralty based on the pictures provided by the Office. The ceiling and light pipes at the scene also matched the photos shown by the Office. As far as we can see, there are still many tables and chairs on the aisle. Many customers will dine at the tables and chairs on the aisle when they visit the nearby restaurant.

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The Lands Department responded to the inquiry and stated that the Lands Department generally agreed with the contents and recommendations of the Ombudsman's investigation report. The Department will review the public passages and squares in shopping malls in private development projects in accordance with the recommendations in the report, and allegedly violated the land lease. Terms are used for commercial purposes.

The Department also stated that, because the land lease is a private contract and the "commercial issue of breach of contract" is a civil liability and does not involve law enforcement and prosecution, it failed to levy a fine on the owner of the breach in accordance with the existing lease.

Land Title Ombudsman Office

Source: hk1

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