The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority:

     Ballots were drawn today (June 6) for the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA)'s Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH) Flats 2023 (GSH 2023). The Chairman of the HA's Subsidised Housing Committee, Ms Cleresa Wong, officiated at the ballot drawing.

     "During the application period, the HA received a total of around 56 000 applications for GSH 2023 comprising around 35 000 carry-over Green Form applications from the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2023 (HOS 2023) and around 21 000 new applications, out of which around 13 000 were received online. Amongst the applications received, around 46 000 came from family applicants (in which around 24 000 applied under the Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members) and around 10 000 were from one-person applicants," a spokesman for the HA said.

     The ballot drawing conducted today is to determine the applicants' priority sequence for GSH 2023 based on the last two digits of their application numbers. For applicants holding the same drawn digits within the different application categories, their order of priority will be randomly generated by computer.

       The ballot results have been uploaded to the dedicated webpages on the HA/Housing Department (HD)'s website (www.housingauthority.gov.hk/gsh/2023). Applicants who have submitted online applications will receive email notification of the ballot results after the ballot drawing ceremony.

     The randomly generated order of all application categories will be uploaded to the dedicated webpages tomorrow (June 7). It will also be displayed at the GSH Sales Office in Kwun Tong, the HA Customer Service Centre in Lok Fu, estate offices and District Tenancy Management Offices of the HA, rental estate offices of the Hong Kong Housing Society and the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of the Home Affairs Department from tomorrow. Applicants may also call the HA Sales hotline 2712 8000 for enquiries.

     The HA will, in accordance with the order of priority, invite applicants holding a valid Green Form Certificate to submit the income and asset declaration form and supporting documents within a specified period for detailed vetting, so as to ascertain whether individual applicants meet the eligibility criteria for GSH 2023 and the final priority for flat selection of eligible applicants.  

     "Notifications will be sent to eligible applicants in batches starting from the third/fourth quarter of 2024 to invite them to select flats for sale under GSH 2023 at the GSH Sales Office in Kwun Tong according to their priority under the respective application category. When it comes to an eligible applicant's turn for flat selection, he/she may select a GSH flat or a recovered TPS flat subject to the availability of flats", the spokesman said.
   
     If applicants under the carry-over arrangement from HOS 2023 to GSH 2023 have successfully purchased a flat under HOS 2023, their applications for GSH 2023 will be cancelled immediately.

     Flats for sale under GSH 2023 include:

(1) a total of 2 359 flats from the new GSH development, Lai Yuet Court in Cheung Sha Wan; 

(2) around 300 unsold or rescinded GSH flats as at May 31, 2024, from Kai Chuen Court in Diamond Hill sold under GSH 2020/21, Ko Wang Court in Yau Tong and Kam Pak Court in Ma On Shan sold under GSH 2022, and any additional rescinded flats from these three GSH developments as identified up to about two months before commencement of flat selection; and

(3) a new batch of recovered TPS flats (estimated to be about 350 flats). The final number and detailed flat list will be drawn up around three months before the flat selection of GSH 2023.

     "Sales brochures for GSH developments (and sales pamphlets for recovered TPS flats) and price lists will be made available for public collection at the GSH Sales Office, and viewing on the HA/HD's designated websites starting seven days before commencement up to the end of the flat selection period for GSH 2023. During the same period, doll houses of typical flats and project models of Lai Yuet Court, virtual videos and virtual reality tours of the interior of samples of GSH flats, virtual reality tours of the interior of samples of recovered TPS flats, photos and video clips of the interior of all recovered TPS flats for sale, exhibition panels and other information on GSH developments and TPS estates will be available for public viewing at the GSH Sales Office and on the HA/HD's designated websites. Arrangements will be made with relevant stakeholders to facilitate the viewing of the recovered TPS flats put up for sale under GSH 2023 as far as practicable," the spokesman said.

Ends/Thursday, June 6, 2024
Issued at HKT 15:25

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