Page 17 - 地產代理監管局年報 2017/18 Estate Agents Authority Annual Report 2017/18

Б݁ᐼ൒ිజ Report of the Chief Executive Officer

္၍҅͵֛ಂԚݟɓ˓ᅽᆵቖਯᓃʿήପ˾ଣਠ The EAA also regularly conducted compliance checks at first-sale
⧕dԨפݟၣɪيุᄿѓfϋʫd္၍҅׵ɓ˓ᅽ sites and estate agency shops and on online property
ᆵቖਯᓃʿήପ˾ଣਠ⧕ʱйආБə1,423ʿ1,625 advertisements. During the year, the EAA conducted 1,423 and
ϣԚݟiఱၣɪيุᄿѓʿၣɪيุ̨̻ʱйආБ 1,625 compliance checks at first-sale sites and estate agency shops
ə672ϣʿ396ϣפݟf̤̮d္၍҅͵֛ಂึԈ respectively. A total of 672 inspections of online property
ၣɪ̨̻ٙᐄ༶ਠd˸ᆽڭ˼ࡁə༆္၍҅࿁׵ၣ advertisements and 396 inspections of online property portals were
ɪيุᄿѓٙࠅӋf also conducted in 2017/18. Regular meetings with online portal
operators were also held to ensure that they were aware of the
EAA’s requirements regarding online property advertisements.

Ԛݟಂගd္၍҅ɛࡰึΣܵ೐ɛᑺ༆Ϟᗫอੂุ Concurrently with those checks, licensees were educated on new
ஷѓʫ࢙ʿၾήପ˾ଣੂุ޴ᗫٙجԷࠅӋf҅˙ practice circulars and legislative requirements relating to estate
ɰึீཀܵᚃਖ਼ุආࡌࠇྌᑺࢭeߧܵ೐ɛՌ΁d agency practice. The trade was also reminded to comply with new
˸ʿၾุޢආБึᙄd౤፴ุޢ፭ςอܸˏf guidelines through Continuing Professional Development (“CPD”)
seminars, letters to licensees and meetings with the trade.

ϋʫd္၍҅΍ટᐏ425֚ҳൡd༰2016/17ϋܓٙ In the year, the EAA received 425 complaints, a decrease of 11%
477֚ಯˇ11%f್ϾdϞᗫɓ˓Иσيุቖਯٙ from 477 complaints in 2016/17. However, the complaints
ҳൡۆ͟2016/17ϋܓٙ74֚Ⴠฆᄣ̋Ї2017/18 concerning the sale of first-hand residential properties had a slight
ϋܓٙ80֚fϞᗫɓ˓Иσيุቖਯٙ௰੬Ԉҳൡ increase from 74 cases in 2016/17 to 80 cases in 2017/18. The
׌ሯၾཀֻɓᅵdܼ̍͊ϞᄵБΫᗍוፕe೯̈༼ most common complaints related to first-hand residential properties
஝ᄿѓd˸ʿ౤ԶႬኬܲ౧༟ࣘf remained the same, including failure to honour rebate promises,
issuance of non-compliant advertisements, and provision of
misleading mortgage information.

ᎇ䋠2018ῧᏘݹ፺ʿࢵ׈ʱɿ༟ږᘪණ€ږፄዚ With the enactment of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-
࿴€ࡌࠈૢԷ׵2018ϋ3˜͛ࣖdϞᗫૢԷৰቇ Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) (Amendment) Ordinance
͜׵ږፄዚ࿴̮d͵ቇ͜׵ήପ˾ଣุഃʔΝٙྼ 2018 (“AMLO”) effective from March 2018 which applies not only
᜗f္၍҅ఱϤɓٜၾήପ˾ଣБุၡ੗ΥЪd˸ to financial institutions but also to a much wider group of entities
ྼ݄΢ධԣ˟ݹ፺ʿࢵ׈ʱɿ༟ږᘪණٙણ݄f္ including the real estate agency trade, the EAA has been working
၍҅ึ༧ආ္࿀ձᄲฐԚݟdᜫήପ˾ଣБุһආ closely with the estate agency trade on the implementation of
ɓӉႩᗆձə༆ݹ፺ձމࢵ׈ʱɿᘪණ༟ږה੭Ը measures to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
ٙ۾উf Follow-up monitoring and prudential visits will be conducted to
further enhance the estate agency trade’s awareness and
understanding of the money laundering and terrorist financing
threats.

ί2017/18ϋܓd္၍҅ਿ׵Ϟᗫܵ೐ɛʔΎୌΥ In 2017/18, the EAA revoked a total of 30 licences because those
೯೐ૢ΁d΍࿞ቖə30ࡈ೐๫fΝࣛd္၍҅࿁ licensees were no longer eligible to hold a licence. The EAA has also
229֚༼஝ࡈࣩЪ̈൒֛d΍Σ232Τܵ೐ɛЪ̈ߏ adjudicated 229 non-compliant cases and a total of 232 licensees
ܛஈʱf were disciplined.

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