66,000 applicants flocked for HOS flats ballot draw

First batch of successful applicants will be 2,500.

According to the Housing Authority, ballots were drawn today for the Scheme of Extending the Home Ownership Scheme Secondary Market to White Form Buyers to set priority in allocating the quota of 5,000.

About 66,000 applications were received, with 23,400 from family applicants, and 42,600 from one-person applicants.

The authority's Subsidised Housing Committee Chairman Stanley Wong officiated at the ballot draw.

The authority will vet the eligibility of the applicants in accordance with the priority for the quota allocation as determined by the ballot. After the vetting, the Housing Department will announce in mid or late May the priority list of the 5,000 successful applicants.

Approval Letters will be issued to the first batch of 2,500 successful applicants in accordance with the priority list at the end of May, and the remaining 2,500 at the end of December.

Receivers of the Approval Letter must apply within six weeks to the authority or the Housing Society, for a Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase before seeking and purchasing suitable flats with premium not yet paid on the HOS Secondary Market or the HKHS' Flat-for-Sale Scheme Secondary Market.

The ballot results have been uploaded to the authority’s website.

On February 19, the priority lists of applicants will be uploaded to the authority’s website and posted at the authority's Customer Service Centre in Lok Fu, all public housing estate offices and the Home Affairs Department’s Public Enquiry Service Centres.