Hong Kong evacuates residents from luxury homes after landslide

Some residents at luxury Hong Kong estate Redhill Peninsula had to be evacuated on Saturday after the landslide affected three houses sitting on a slope. - Reuters photo

HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong authorities evacuated some residents from a luxury residential complex after record rains caused a landslide. They are also investigating the possibility of illegal structures and occupation of government land at the property.

Some residents at Redhill Peninsula - a luxury estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Tam district - had to be evacuated on Saturday after the landslide affected three houses sitting on a slope, Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said at a news briefing on Sunday.