CPD Course:
Home Ownership Scheme
in Hong Kong:
Private Sector
Participation Scheme
Development and
Black Spot Task Force

Mr. S C Leung is a Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, having lots of industrial experience in property valuation, land administration, development, housing administration etc.  He has been the University Lecturer for many years, teaching real estate subjects such as Land Administration, Valuation, Estate Agency & Marketing, Land Economics, Estate Surveying Studio etc.

In the past, he had also made lots of presentations in different professional bodies such as the Law Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Planners, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Housing Development Board (Singapore), Urban Redevelopment Authority (Singapore), Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors etc.  In addition, he has been the assessor of Assessment of Professional Competence for Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

In order to assist and encourage lower middle class in Hong Kong affording their own homes, the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) was introduced.  In addition, the Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) has also been implemented to further increase the production of HOS housings with resources from the private sector, to satisfy the ever increasing demand for owning homes.  As a result overtime, many complaints had been received against the construction standards of these PSPS flats.

In view of the substantial negative effects from excessive open storage and industrial undertakings in the New Territories, which have been in existence since 1991, a Task Force (Black Spots) (TFB) was setup in 1994 to resolve the undesirable effects brought by those 'black spots'.

• Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)
1. White Forms and Green Forms
2. Discounted Pricing
3. Nominated Purchasers
4. Premium Payable
5. Housing Policy Encouraging Home Ownerships
• Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) Development
1. Monitoring Surveyor (MS)
2. Technical Schedule
3. Retention Sum
4. Defect Liability Period (DLP)
5. Guaranteed Price
6. Tender System
7. Problem Associated with the PSPS Scheme
8. Essentially a Private Sector Development
• Black Spot Task Force
1. Block Crown Lease
2. New Territories Land Tenure System
3. The Melhado Case
4. Development Permission Area Plans (DPA Plans) under Town Planning Ordinance
   (Cap. 131)
5. Existing Use
6. Power of Enforcement
• Group Discussion & Exercise