The administrator of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate will host a special owners’ meeting on July 19 at four different venues, after a months-long wait. Wang Fuk Court seen in the distance on April 20, 2026. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Hop On Management said on Saturday that it would hold a special homeowners’ meeting “simultaneously” at 11am on July 19 via live broadcast at four locations “to facilitate attendance,” as owners are now resettled in different districts across Hong Kong.
The four venues are Tai Po Community Centre, Kai Tak Community Hall, Wah Kwai Community Hall in southwestern Hong Kong Island, and Tin Fai Road Community Hall in Tin Shui Wai.
According to Hop On, flat owners should indicate their venue preferences by July 15.
However, some homeowners expressed dissatisfaction with the arrangement, local newspaper Oriental Daily reported on Monday.
“With the meeting split into four venues, how are we supposed to discuss anything? Will live broadcast allow owners to raise any questions?” a property owner told the newspaper.
Another owner said that “live broadcast” would not mean “having a meeting.”
The meeting agenda will include three issues previously raised by owners in a petition: the administrator’s report on returning the remaining renovation fund balance to all owners, a proposal to establish a physical office for the administrator to handle owners’ enquiries, and a motion to convene the next owners’ meeting within two months.
While owners had urged for resolutions – not just discussions – on the first two topics, Hop On omitted voting procedures from the agenda. Hectar Pun (left), counsel for government-appointed administrator Hop On Management, leaves the Lands Tribunal on June 1, 2026. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Homeowners had also demanded to discuss and vote on three additional issues: authorising Hop On to liaise with the government regarding long-term resettlement, requesting the government to release the full inspection reports for all eight Wang Fuk Court blocks, and asking the government to allow residents to make multiple trips back to the estate to retrieve personal belongings.
However, Hop On excluded all three from the meeting agenda.
Owners’ petition
Hop On Management – a subsidiary of real estate giant Chinachem Group – was appointed by the Hong Kong government in January to take over as the “administrator” of the Tai Po housing estate after the owners’ corporation board was dissolved in the wake of a massive fire in November, which killed 168 people and displaced thousands.
Wang Fuk Court owners have been urging Hop On to hold a meeting with homeowners for months.
On April 29, Hop On received a petition, which garnered 247 handwritten signatures of Wang Fuk Court flat owners, asking the firm to hold a general meeting with homeowners to discuss long-term resettlement and related financial matters. Wang Fuk Court resident Jason Kong (left), one of the petition organisers, delivers their demand and the handwritten signatures to Hop On Management, a subsidiary of real estate giant Chinachem Group, on April 29, 2026. Photo: Supplied. According to the Buildings Management Ordinance (BMO), Hop On should issue notice of the meeting within 14 days and hold the general meeting with owners within 45 days.
However, Hop On applied to the Lands Tribunal to postpone the May 13 deadline for convening an owners’ meeting, as well as the June 13 deadline for holding the meeting.
The tribunal denied Hop On ‘ s application on June 2, saying the court had no jurisdiction to make such a decision under the BMO.