Hong Kong’s ‘Mr and Mrs Ho’ face eviction from public flat if his name not added to tenancy
- Mrs Ho has not applied to have her husband’s name added to the tenancy, housing authorities say
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Hong Kong internet sensations “Mr and Mrs Ho” will have to return a public housing flat to the government if they continue to live there without registering him as a household member, authorities have said.
Housing authorities launched an investigation after the whirlwind romance and marriage between 76-year-old Hongkonger Mr Ho and a 43-year-old mainland Chinese woman became the talk of the town in May.
The couple, who were living in a public flat, flaunted their wealth, including a Rolex watch and a diamond ring said to cost more than HK$200,000 (US$26,000), on a television programme.
Their story triggered suspicions over their eligibility for public housing, with Mr Ho later found to not be a registered tenant of the flat so he should not have been living there.
Mrs Ho, meanwhile, only moved into the flat recently and had not been included in a government asset declaration drive launched in April.
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