The government started the reconstruction project in the center of Kwun Tong in the early years, and formally gazetted in May this year to recover some of the land in Kwun Tong
However, there are still merchants left in the area of Kwun Tong Road and Yuminfang. Litigation against 5 merchants, demanding immediate recovery of property and land ownership.
The plaintiff, the Secretary for Justice, and the defendants were merchants Zheng Fuheng who occupied shops in Kwun Tong Road or Yuminfang, Fushen Cleansing Company operated by Luo Rongdai, Anji Leather Products operated by Xu Meihe, Dong Liping and Gao Liangbin and Lin Yuanzhi. Two people.
In the middle of the statement, the Lands Department published a gazette under the Land Resumption Ordinance on May 17, 2019 to announce the resumption of land in Kwun Tong for the Urban Renewal Authority
to implement the second phase of the Kwun Tong City Centre development plan The URA had written to the defendants on October 28, 2019, asking them to hand over the relevant properties before November 27, but the defendants had not moved out, causing the government to suffer losses. The Department of Justice was therefore charged to recover the vacant possession of the property and the land on which they were located, and to recover from the defendant the market value gains from August 18 until the defendant returned the property.