District 18 News
Written by: Lu Ningmin
2021-02-22 18:59
The last update date: 2021-02-22 19:03
Lam Tin Xingtian Shopping Centre was acquired by a listed company in recent months and a care and attention home will be built. However, the news caused strong backlash from residents of Xingtian Village and Kanghua Court.
The Incorporated Owners of Xingtian Village sent a questionnaire survey to all households in the village and received one-third of the replies. Among them, more than 95% expressed opposition to the construction of nursing homes in shopping malls, worried about losing the only place nearby where daily necessities can be purchased, and increasing community support burden.
The buildings in Xingtian Village and the neighboring Kanghua Court are over 30 years old. Because the housing estates are built on the hillside, residents rely heavily on the markets, supermarkets, restaurants and other shops in Xingtian Shopping Centre to meet their daily needs.
In recent months, the owner sold the property of Xingtian Shopping Centre to Jiatao (Hong Kong) Holdings, which provides nursing home services, for more than 200 million yuan. The group said that after the completion of the acquisition, a care and attention home will be built, causing many residents to worry about nursing homes. It will replace the entire mall and have a great impact on their lives.
Lam Tin Xingtian Shopping Centre was acquired by a listed company in recent months and a care and attention home will be built.
(Photo by Lu Ningmin)
Some residents worry that the elderly will have no clinics
The Chairman of the Owners’ Corporation of Xingtian Village, Mr. Shi, attended the release of the questionnaire today (22) and pointed out that because he received a large number of neighbourhoods expressing concerns, he sent out a questionnaire to the whole village to investigate residents’ intentions of building nursing homes in the shopping mall. Ninety percent of the respondents expressed opposition.
Mr. Shi tried to invite representatives of "Jia Tao" on the results of the investigation and reported that his opinions were rejected. He criticized Jia Tao for refusing to communicate with residents and did not rule out that residents would have follow-up opposition actions.
Ms. Kwong, the chairman of the Meitian House Mutual Committee of Hing Tin Village, and Mr. Li, a resident of Hong Wah Court, also opposed the establishment of nursing homes in the shopping mall. Ms. Kwong pointed out that the road outside the shopping mall was narrow. Transportation, and Mr. Li said that there are no shops in Kanghua Court. On weekdays, residents will go to Xingtian Mall to solve their daily needs. "There is no Xingtian Mall. Recently, I have to take a car or drive 30 minutes to Qitian Mall." The loss of basic supporting facilities will make the elderly residents of the two housing estates very hesitant.
Ms. Chen, a resident of Xingtian Village, also pointed out that the elderly in the village rely on clinics in the shopping mall to see a doctor. If the entire shopping mall is converted into a nursing home, the elderly will lose their homes.
Kwun Tong Community Officer Yu Shao Lun pointed out that as early as 2009, the then owner Link had planned to convert the Hing Tin Shopping Centre into a home for the elderly, but was strongly opposed by the corporation and residents. Link finally withdrew its decision, but Link had no intention at that time. Improved community shopping mall facilities. After five years, the property was sold off and sold to experienced investors. Unexpectedly, the incumbent investor sold the parking lot and berths for profit, and then resold the property to new owners. The mall facilities that should satisfy residents have repeatedly Used by private owners to make huge profits, urge the Housing Authority to pay attention to the incident.
The Director General of Kowloon East of the Federation of Trade Unions Tang Jia Piu said that Jia Tao did not disclose the size of the nursing home. He said that he would continue to negotiate with the Housing Department and the Planning Department.
Xingtian Village is built on the hillside, and residents rely on the shops in Xingtian Mall to meet their daily needs.
(Photo by Lu Ningmin)
Link sells the property to speculators and then receives the goods by the listed nursing home company
According to the information, Xingtian Shopping Center was originally a property under Link (823), and sold to a consortium of senior investors Chen Bingzhi and Lin Zifeng for 210 million yuan in 2014.
In 2015, Chen and others dismantled and sold the property's parking spaces. To last month, they sold the entire property for 240 million yuan, including the cooked food stalls in the housing estate, the integrated commercial building, the housing authority's complex facilities, and the parking spaces. Jiatao (Hong Kong) Holdings (2189), which serves the hospital, receives the goods.
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