Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak said today that the Home Affairs Department has referred complaints from Wang Fuk Court residents regarding alleged forging of signatures in owners’ petitions to the Police Force and statutory bodies.

Miss Mak told reporters this morning that the force and the statutory bodies concerned will carry out thorough investigations.

She also highlighted that the Government has introduced proposed amendments to the Building Management Ordinance, explaining that these would enhance transparency and give owners more information on maintenance and repair works due to be carried out.

“In the current practice, owners' committees can organise or hold briefing sessions for the owners before the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) or Annual General Meeting (AGM) at their discretion. It is more voluntary.

“But from our experience, if there are briefing sessions held before the EGM or AGM, owners will have more information about the works that will be carried out, and that will encourage owners to attend the EGM or AGM, and to make sensible and reasonable decisions for their buildings.

“That is why one of our directions and proposals for amending the Building Management Ordinance is to require all the owners' committees to organise briefing sessions for owners before the EGM or AGM, so that owners will have more information and can make sensible and reasonable decisions at the EGM and AGM.”