Eviction of Hong Kong teacher on hold as she mounts challenge against authorities

Hong Kong’s housing authorities have put on hold an order to evict a violin teacher from her flat after she launched a legal bid challenging the rationality of their 18 sudden inspections.

Tang Wai-yin last month filed a judicial review application against the Housing Department’s decision to take back her one-person flat in a Tin Shui Wai public housing estate, which she moved into in 2023.

The government’s action came after it rolled out a series of measures to tackle the abuse of public housing resources in the city.

Tang was asked by the department to leave the flat in January after she was found to be absent from her home during all its inspections between May and August last year.

During a hearing at the High Court on Thursday, the department’s legal representative said it would let Tang stay on in the flat until the next hearing.

The court will hear Tang’s case and decide whether to let her bring forward the judicial challenge on July 16.