Happy household: Secretary for Housing, Planning & Lands Michael Suen talks to tenants during his visit to Tsz Ching Estate.

Secretary for Housing, Planning & Lands Michael Suen has lauded the Marking Scheme for Tenancy Enforcement in Public Rental Housing Estates.

Visiting Tsz Ching Estate in Tsz Wan Shan today, Mr Suen inspected the progress of sterilisation inside a recovered flat following an eviction operation last December. 

The tenant refused to move after he was allotted 17 penalty points under the marking scheme. Mr Suen was told that the refuse and waste left behind by the tenant filled 800 bamboo containers.

The secretary then visited a family living on a floor directly below the recovered flat. The tenant praised the effectiveness of the marking scheme as he and his family no longer need to bear with the nuisance caused by cockroaches, flies and mosquitoes from the upper floor.

Mr Suen also went to Tsz Ching Estate Management Office to see how tenants used the new e-payment cards to pay their monthly rents.