Live broadcast of ballot drawing ceremony for Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2020 and White Form Secondary Market Scheme 2020 on December 15

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

     The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) announced today (December 9) that the ballot drawing ceremony for the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Flats 2020 (HOS 2020) and the White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM) 2020 (WSM 2020) will be held on December 15. The ballot drawing will be officiated by the Chairman of the HA Subsidised Housing Committee, Ms Cleresa Wong.

     "Ballots will be drawn separately for HOS 2020 and WSM 2020 to determine the applicants' priority sequence based on the last two digits of their application numbers. In view of the pandemic, the HA will arrange a live broadcast of the entire balloting process through its Facebook page for public viewing. On-site attendance for the public and the media will not be arranged," a spokesman for the HA said.

     The ballot drawing ceremony will start at 10.30am on December 15. Those interested can view the live broadcast of the balloting process on the HA's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/HKHousingAuthority).

     "The ballot results for HOS 2020 and WSM 2020 will be uploaded to the dedicated webpages on the HA/Housing Department website that afternoon (hos.housingauthority.gov.hk/mini-site/hos2020/en/ballot-results.html and hos.housingauthority.gov.hk/mini-site/wsm2020/en/ballot-results.html). Applicants who have submitted online applications will receive email notification of the ballot results after the ballot drawing ceremony," the spokesman said.

     "The HA estimates that flat selection for HOS 2020 and issuance of approval letters to eligible applicants of WSM 2020 will take place in May/June 2021," the spokesman added.