Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong has bought 14 flats in Chai Wan for HK$63.43 million for use as staff quarters.
The apartments - which are 618 to 847 sq ft in size - at Sino Land's Bayview Park in Chai Wan were acquired through Newman Investment in the first two weeks of last month, transaction documents from Land and Company registries show.
The directors of Newman are Shi Jiming, the liaison office's administrative and finance director, and the office's bureau directors, Liang Xiong, Sun Zhongxin and Li Wenze.
The 27-storey Bayview Park is a single-block residential building built in 1999. It comprises 212 flats.
This is not the first time the liaison office has bought flats in the city for its staff. In 2007, it bought 48 flats at Sun Hung Kai Properties' Harbour Green in Tai Kok Tsui for HK$160 million - also through Newman Investment. In early 2003, it bought a residential building, 18 Pokfield Road, in Mid-Levels West for HK$320 million.
The liaison office also owns the residential building at 10-16 Ching Wah Street in North Point that it uses as staff quarters.