[9] The Association subsequently said that its investments in restaurants, tea houses, and farms serve as employment venues where its students can obtain work experience.
It explained it had registered its business address, now the site of a brothel, in 2007 but had relocated following a change of operations but had neglected to amend the registration.
[10] Next continued to allege that Zheng Sheng's charities were fake, that subsidiary operation in Japan is a business entity engaging in real estate investments, its elderly home in Chaozhou is badly run and vacant, and that children at its orphanage in Henan starve from time to time and are often forced to do labour.
[11] Heung Yee Kuk chief Lau Wong-fat has also called on the government to launch an investigation into the Christian Zheng Sheng College drug-rehab-school saga.
[12] The school is now considering separating its accounts from its parent organisation said board member Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei.
[15] Professor Shek has also, in his role as ACAN Chairman been responsible for significant fund raising for the Christian Zheng Sheng Association.
In December 2009, Shek resigned from its board to eliminate the risk of conflict of interest;[17] principal Alman Chan said that the average monthly donations to the association had fallen to about HK$70,000 a month compared to about HK$110,000 before the investigation, and said that this would affect the annual Lunar New Year visit by a group of mainland orphans to Hong Kong.
90% of its students were ordered to enter the school by court verdict,[21] and most are former drug addicts, with others having committed smuggling, theft and other crimes.
[31] Four government departments, including the Education Bureau and Narcotics Division, have agreed in principle to move a cash-strapped drug rehabilitation school from Chi Ma Wan to the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Southern District Secondary School site in Mui Wo on Lantau disused since 2007.
His, and government representatives' remarks were met with boos as residents held protesting signs against the re-location of the school.
[37] Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong said: "The government understands how local residents feel, but the college has a positive contribution to re-educate the young drug abusers.
"[36] Former Chief Executive Donald Tsang expressed hoped that local communities could help young drug abusers return to society.
I hope Hong Kong society generally, and the Mui Wo community in particular, can embrace these young people with love and give them a second chance."
[38] Security Bureau principal assistant secretary (narcotics) said 50 rural sites have been evaluated, with only a few can meet the requirements of the rehabilitation college.
[32] However the catchment area for the secondary school would take in the other villages in south Lantau (Pui O, Tong Fuk) and the island of Peng Chau.
[citation needed] According to government figures, the population of Mui Wo and nearby districts was 5,200 in 2006, of which 1,096 were primary, secondary as well as university students.
[44] However, to date neither the administration or the Zheng Sheng College have published a formal selection criteria [3] The Heung Yee Kuk, which was asked by the government to mediate in the row, suggested nine alternative school sites.
[47] The last principal of the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Southern District Secondary School also suggested to use a piece of vacant land behind the campus.