District councillor linked to Tai Po fire resigns as adviser to second estate



A Hong Kong district councillor criticised for her links to the former ownersโ€™ committee of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court has resigned from her advisory role for another housing estate in Tai Po, following the announcement of a petition.

A notice from the incorporated owners of Plover Cove Garden, seen by the South China Morning Post, announced on Friday that Peggy Wong Pik-kiu had resigned from her honorary adviser role with the housing estateโ€™s incorporated ownersโ€™ committee.

The incorporated owners of the housing estate had already accepted Wongโ€™s resignation on Thursday, the notice said.

Wong stepped down after some owners at Plover Cove Garden had raised concerns over the district councillorโ€™s suitability to act as an honorary adviser at a corporation meeting on June 6, according to a notice issued three days after the session.

Writing on a Plover Cove Garden residentsโ€™ Facebook group, one member said a legal adviser of the incorporated owners had mentioned on June 6 that 5 per cent of them would need to petition for an extraordinary meeting to terminate Wongโ€™s role.

Two days later, one owner posted a petition on the group that called for Wongโ€™s removal and the re-election of the incorporated ownersโ€™ management committee, saying owners could sign the petition from Tuesday this week.

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