荃灣香城大廈業主立案法團 訴 張秋光

香港特別行政區土地審裁處

建築物管理申請編號2000年第LDBM 101宗

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判 決 書

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1. 荃灣香城大廈位於荃灣享成街6-14號（該大廈），申請人是荃灣香城大廈業主立案法團。

2. 答辯人是該大廈5B舖及3B閣樓的業主。

3. 申請人要求土地審裁處，根據該大廈公契及建築物管理條例，裁決答辯人為其物業所應負責的管理費及大廈維修分攤費。

4. 該大廈公契（公契）於1973年5月2日，以註冊摘要編號102051，在土地註冊處登記。

5. 1973年7月23日，該大廈5號舖及3號閣樓售出。轉讓契以註冊摘要編號105338在土地註冊處登記。該轉讓契定明該大廈共有五間地舖，每舖為一單位，所佔業權各有不同不可分割份數（地舖5號佔業權8份）；及共有閣樓四間，每間為一單位，各佔業權不可分割份數一份。

6. 兩單位被分割為5A，5B舖，及3A，3B閣樓。答辯人於1977年11月28日買入5B舖及3B閣樓，有關轉讓以註冊摘要編號152045，於土地註冊處登記。

7. 公契第4(f)段訂明：

"f) The following costs charges and expenses shall be borne and paid by the owners of the said building in proportion to the number of unit or units in the said premises for the time being owned by them, namely:-

(i) Electricity, water and other similar charges for or in connection with the said building as a whole and not being in respect of the use of or consumption in any particular flat or other area enjoyed exclusively by one owner.

(ii) Remuneration for caretakers, watchmen, cleaners, attendants and the like.

(iii) The cost of refuse disposal.

(iv) The cost of repairing, renewing, maintaining, cleansing, painting, or decorating the building or any part or parts thereof and all water pumps, tanks, pipes, sewers, drains, watercourses, cables, wires or services therein and all the apparatus equipment and conveniences thereof.

(v) The cost of operating and servicing the water pumps.

(vi) The cost of operating maintaining repairing servicing replacing and renewing all the lifts in the building.

(vii) The charges payable to Government or to any individual or company for the supply of flush water.

(viii) The premia payable for the insurance of the building against loss or damage by fire and for insurance against employers' liability and against third party liability as aforesaid.

(ix) Such legal or other fees and costs which may be incurred by the Agent in the performance of any duty or in the exercise of any power hereunder.

(x) The sum of $5.00 for each shop and flat per calendar month which the Manager may charge as remuneration for the performance of his duties hereunder."

8. 在第5段，公契對於地租有以下安排：

"The Crown Rent in respect of the said premises shall be borne and paid by the owners inproportion to the respective shares in the said premises for the time being vested in them."

9. 公契對於管理費，維修分攤費及地租作用不同安排。

前者以“unit”「單位」為繳費單元，後者以“shares”「份數」為分攤單元。

10. 公契的意思明確清楚，在公契訂立時的大廈「單位」“unit”，數目是計算管理費及維修費用分攤的基礎。「單位」以在公契訂立的日期所劃定為準。轉讓契內清楚列明大廈單位數目及分劃情形。

11. 答辯人佔5號舖及3號閣樓兩單位一半，只需繳交管理費及維修分攤費用每一份的半數。

12. 與訟雙方各自負担自己的訴訟費。