Executive Council convenor Leung Chun-ying has been found to have had an unauthorised structure at his former residence for years.
But the Buildings Department said yesterday it would not issue a demolition order to Mr Leung as he had offered to remove it. 'It's not special treatment for Mr Leung. It's the policy for everyone,' a department spokeswoman said.
The department's policy was not to issue demolition orders if offers had been made to remove unauthorised structures.
A newspaper reported yesterday that Mr Leung, a surveyor, bought a house 20 years ago in Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, with an illegally built glass corridor to the garden. He had sought to remove the structure but the attempt was aborted as the Buildings Department could not provide the original layout of the house, the report said. Mr Leung moved to the Peak in 1998.
Officials yesterday confirmed that Mr Leung's property had an unauthorised structure. But it had been there for a long time and posed no danger. The spokeswoman said Mr Leung contacted the department on Wednesday and promised to remove the structure as soon as possible. The department would retrieve the layout from microfilm and mount a joint inspection with Mr Leung to remove it.
Those ignoring demolition orders risk a maximum fine of $50,000 and one year's jail under the Building Ordinance.
