Hong Kong’s ombudsman urges more legal action over public housing abuse

Hong Kong’s ombudsman urges more legal action over public housing abuse

[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025

Watchdog finds Housing Authority had prosecution rate of 4.2 per cent last year for cases of public flats being misused.



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