Hong Kong residential buildings undecided on illegal dumping measures under waste-charging scheme, property management representative says
- Hong Kong Property Services Alliance chairman Mickey Yan raises concerns that scheme may lead to additional expenses and increase cleaners’ working hours
- ‘Many buildings have not decided how they want to do it or have not actually understood the issue of responsibility,’ he says
Many Hong Kong residential estates and buildings have not yet determined how to handle potential illegal rubbish dumping under an impending waste-charging scheme, a leading property management representative has said, warning of possible additional expenses and increased working hours for cleaners.
Hong Kong Property Services Alliance chairman Mickey Yan Wai-kiu on Wednesday said the property management office of every residential building or the owners’ association must have a clear framework for garbage collection after the implementation of the scheme on April 1.
“Whether the garbage is collected separately from each resident or gathered in huge bags prepaid by the property management office, it will affect our workflow or even increase our working hours and costs,” he told a radio programme.
“Many buildings have not decided how they want to do it or have not actually understood the issue of responsibility. After we received guidelines [from the government], people began the discussions.”
Yan, who owns one of the city’s biggest property management firms Li Hing Environmental Services Company, said his firm had carried out a trial at a public estate and found the arrangement had resulted in a 20 per cent increase in cleaners’ working hours.
