Problem is a minor one involving emergency exits
Developers will resubmit their plans for a luxury upgrade of the harbourfront Hunghom Peninsula estate as early as next week, after learning they were rejected because of a minor problem with emergency exits.
'The government's demands are just minor amendments; we can improve our plan and send it to the government again very quickly,' said a spokeswoman for Sun Hung Kai Properties, co-owner of the seven blocks with New World Development.
The spokeswoman said the rejection did not affect work under way to remove lights and kitchen cabinets.
The flats were built by the developers for sale under the government's Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) but were left unoccupied when sales were frozen in 2002 to prop up the property market.
The Buildings Department rejected the renovation plans on Thursday, saying some of the work violated the Buildings Ordinance.