SRPA successfully prosecutes first-hand residential development vendor for contraventions of ordinance
SRPA successfully prosecutes first-hand residential development vendor for contraventions of ordinance
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The Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority (SRPA) today (March 24) successfully prosecuted a first-hand residential development vendor for contraventions of the Residential Properties (First-hand Sales) Ordinance (the Ordinance). The vendor was charged with 45 counts of offences for (i) failure to make hard copies of the sales brochure printed or examined within the previous three months available for collection by the general public during a period of at least seven days immediately before a date of the sale (15 counts); (ii) failure to make hard copies of the sales brochure printed or examined within the previous three months available for collection by the general public at the sales office on a date of the sale (15 counts), and (iii) failure to make a copy of the sales brochure printed or examined within the previous three months for the development available for inspection on the vendor's designated website on a date of the sale (15 counts), contravening Section 25(1), Section 25(2), and Section 25(3) of the Ordinance respectively. The vendor pleaded guilty to the above offences and was convicted and fined $375,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today. The development concerned is located at So Kwun Wat, Tuen Mun, New Territories.
"The SRPA has long been taking a three-pronged approach to enforce the Ordinance, i.e. to step up compliance checks, inspections, as well as collection of required evidence for prosecutions; to continuously improve the trade's compliance with the Ordinance; and to foster public awareness of the Ordinance. The SRPA will take action seriously and carry out investigations on any suspected cases of contravention of the Ordinance to further enhance the transparency and fairness of the sales of first-hand residential properties, protect the interests of purchasers, as well as provide a level playing field for vendors," a spokesman for the SRPA said.
Details of the case have been uploaded onto the SRPA's website at www.srpa.gov.hk/en/prosecution-cases.html for public inspection.
Ends/Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Issued at HKT 17:00
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