Nearly 60 Hong Kong public sector households have been found to own private flats in the wake of a get-tough policy designed to crack down on abuse of the system.
Permanent Secretary for Housing Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said the 59 offenders were caught after officials carried out property checks on 57,000 people in 25,000 households in a collaboration with the Land Registry. The new system was introduced last month.
An investigation showed four of the cases had been declared bankrupt, but because of outdated records they were mistakenly included in the list.
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