The Hong Kong Bar Association has suggested capping the number of proxies a person can hold at homeowners’ meetings, without restricting who may act as a proxy, stressing that improving transparency and introducing an electronic voting system could help to deter abuse in large-scale maintenance procurement. Speaking to the South China Morning Post, association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet expressed reservations about a government proposal to restrict an owner’s representative to a relative or
Bar Association urges proxy cap, electronic voting to curb building bid-rigging
Association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet expresses reservations about a proposal limiting proxies to only two classes of people
“Proxy right is a right which is derived from private ownership. So, we think it might be a little bit too onerous to say you can only proxy to these two classes of people,” he said.
“We tend to think a better approach, perhaps, is to increase the level of transparency.”
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A non-profit children’s education organisation in Hong Kong has urged the government to expand support services for preschool-aged ethnic minority children with special needs to more districts, after a pilot project found that 95 per cent of participants showed improvement. Heep Hong Society said on Sunday that many ethnic minority families faced multiple barriers when seeking support for children with special educational needs (SEN), including language difficulties, financial constraints and...
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