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Following is a question by the Prof Hon Patrick Lau Sau-shing and a written reply by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Henry Tang, in the Legislative Council today (April 28):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council of the number of building management cases handled by the Lands Tribunal in each of the past four years, and among them, the respective numbers of those related to disputes between property owners and occupants within the same building on building management issues (such as water seepage and nuisance, etc.), and those which had been resolved by mediation before the formal proceedings conducted by the Lands Tribunal?
Reply:
President,
The Administration has consulted the Judiciary on the question and has received the following information and response:
(a) The number of building management cases handled by the Lands Tribunal in the past four years are as follows -
2006 2007 2008 2009
343 494 329 394
The Judiciary does not have the breakdown of the disputes concerned in respect of the above cases.
(b) Since January 1, 2008, mediation has been introduced in the Lands Tribunal to cover building management cases filed. Among the cases referred to in (a) above, the respective numbers of cases where mediation was completed and cases where agreement was reached in 2008 and 2009 respectively are as follows -
2008 2009
Completed 48 117
mediated cases
(i) Full agreement 15 37
cases
(ii) Partial agreement 6 15
cases
Ends/Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:46
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