The Owners' Corporation of Choi Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O broke out in June this year that the property management manager was "wearing the bottom of the cabinet", involving tens of millions of dollars. Many residents questioned the negligence of the old corporation.
A few days ago (6th) the housing estate held a general meeting of owners to re-elect the management committee. The "Follow Choi Ming" spontaneously formed by residents sent 13 people to stand for election. When the old corporation did not fight for re-election, the list of 13 people was automatically elected.
In an interview, "Follow Choi Ming" said that he was very happy to kick the old corporation away, but he will continue to work hard in the future. In human hands."
Loss of money case of corporation wakes up owners
"Follow Choi Ming" spokesperson Wang Tai said that the organization is spontaneously formed by a group of residents who care about housing estates. It originated from the fact that the district councillor Chen Weilie was elected in 2019 and was unable to rent an office for a long time.
At that time, some neighbourhoods began to gather to express their opinions. "In the beginning, a lot of people were only behind the scenes. There were more elderly people in housing estates. Many of the later generations were not owners. If there was a case of shortfall in public funds, many people would think that something was wrong. Guan Ji, so indifferent."
She pointed out that the biggest difficulty in the past was "calling people out," but the loss of money case has awakened many people.
After the incident, in order to understand the ins and outs of the incident, the attention group hoped to send 7 members to join the corporation and be successfully elected at the special owners’ meeting at the end of July. Only the attention group members said that they have been unable to communicate with the original members after joining the corporation. Forming a new corporation to participate in the election has become the only option.
Mrs. Wang said frankly that although they are a group of caring people, they describe it as a "BB class" with no corporate management experience. In the past, they had "learned" from a number of experienced housing estates.
On the 6th of this month, the 9th Owners’ Incorporated Management Committee re-elected in Choi Ming Court, 13 owners who "care about Choi Ming" were supported by the neighborhood and all were automatically elected.
Concern group said it is necessary to clarify the responsibilities and the truth of the incident
"Follow Choi Ming" later pointed out on the Facebook page that in addition to tens of millions of dollars in reserves had been emptied, the housing estate also owed a number of service providers, exposing the management problems of the old OC members.
Mrs. Wang described that everyone was "very happy" at the moment of being elected, but at the same time knowing that there will be a long time to come and continue to work hard, hoping to promote every small owner to care about the affairs of the housing estate, especially that it should be an obligation of the corporation to release the news publicly. Even if we lose in the next session, we must let the owners know that it’s too late to wait for something to happen.” The organization also stated that it will do its best to find out the truth of the incident and clarify who is responsible, so as to ensure that all owners At the same time, it promised to increase management transparency, let more neighborhoods participate in estate management matters, and jointly create a peaceful and happy home.
The funds of Choi Ming Court, Tseung Kwan O, were illegally embezzled earlier, involving tens of millions of dollars in deposits, and they owed more than ten million yuan to many service providers. The corporation and the estate management company successively called the police for help. After investigation, a 48-year-old male manager surnamed Huang Wuguan was arrested, suspected to be related to the case.
The arrested man has been charged with one count of "theft" and the case will appear in Kwun Tong Magistracy on July 2.
He Minjie was originally the chairman of Caimingyuan Incorporated, and he has since given up running for re-election in the new management committee.
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