C.Y. Leung admits liability for illegal structures
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Friday issued a 30-page document explaining the illegal structures at his houses on The Peak, admitting mistakes but insisting his integrity was intact.
After many months of controversy, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Friday issued a 30-page document explaining the illegal structures at his houses on The Peak, admitting mistakes but insisting his integrity was intact.
“I admit that I was not careful enough in handling the incident. But I have all along been honest and open, and co-operative with the government and the media, and taken rectifying action as quickly as possible,” his statement said.
Leung released a 14-page statement, plus a 16-page appendix of supporting documents. His statement acknowledged building two unauthorised structures at his two luxury houses in Peel Rise after he and his family moved in.
The first structure was a wooden trellis located at House No 4, and the other was a glass enclosure with metal support at House No 5. There are five houses at the 4 Peel Rise address.
Those two unauthorised structures were among six exposed by the media in June, and the trellis and glass enclosure were soon removed.
At that time, Leung explained that the glass enclosure was a replacement for an old trellis that had been installed by the previous owner.
But that explanation was soon called into question. Ming Pao Daily published aerial photos of the houses taken by the Lands Department before Leung moved in, revealing no trellises.