A fourth lawmaker has been found to have an illegal structure at home, but this time it was the pan-democratic camp's turn.
The Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre's Leung Yiu-chung admitted there was an unauthorised canopy on the roof of his building in Tak Shing Street, Yau Ma Tei. He also admitted that he had failed to respond quickly to a warning letter issued by the Buildings Department in 2008.
'The canopy had been there when I bought the flat about 10 years ago. I wasn't aware it was illegal until I received the letter,' Leung said.
'But then the management company of the building said I could wait until the wholesale repair of the block and the work would be cheaper and less disturbing. The canopy poses no immediate danger. So I just left it for a while and waited for others to clear the structures together,' he said.
Leung said the management company had recently arranged the building repairs.
Leung is the fourth lawmaker caught after Cheung Hok-ming, Chan Kam-lam and Wong Yung-kan, all from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, were found to have unauthorised structures in their village houses.
Leung had used the canopy, covering about 300 to 400sqft of space, for drying clothes. There are other canopies owned by his neighbours.
