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Service arrangement for Independent Checking Unit and Appeal Panel (Housing)

     To tie in with the Government’s announcement that special work arrangements for government employees to provide emergency and essential services will be extended until August 16, a spokesman for the Transport and Housing Bureau said today (August 7) that during the period, the Independent Checking Unit (ICU) under the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Housing) will provide drop-in boxes to receive building control applications related to building plan submissions under the Buildings Ordinance and the specified forms and supporting documents required to be submitted under the Minor Works Control System, the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme and the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme. Applicants can place their submissions in the drop-in boxes located at 8/F, Lung Cheung Office Block, Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday over the period. The ICU will issue receipts/acknowledgements of the submissions in due course. Members of the public, when entering Lung Cheung Office Block and offices of the ICU, shall wear masks at all times and comply with infection control measures including temperature checks and crowd control arrangements.

     For emergency reports and general enquiries, people may call 1823 or inform the ICU by email, post or fax:

Email: icuebt@hd.gov.hk 
Mailing address: 8/F, Lung Cheung Office Block, Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon
Fax: 3162 0069
 
     Furthermore, appeal hearings on the termination of tenancy agreements scheduled from August 10 to August 14 will be rescheduled. The Secretariat of the Appeal Panel (Housing) will inform the parties concerned separately. read more

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Buildings Department’s special work arrangements to be extended

     In view of the extension of the special work arrangements for government employees until August 16, the Buildings Department (BD) announced today (August 7) that it will continue to provide emergency and essential public services during this period. The services will be mainly handling public reports on building safety and unauthorised building works in progress, critical statutory submissions for new developments, registration of building professionals and contractors, advisory services for licensing authorities and implementation of Operation Building Bright 2.0.
 
     Submission of the following applications and documents in person should be through:
 
1. A drop-in box located at G/F, BD Headquarters, North Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, for collection of the specified forms and supporting documents required to be submitted under the Minor Works Control System, the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme and the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme; applications for registration and renewal of registration of building professionals and contractors under the Buildings Ordinance; and documents for compliance with statutory orders or directions issued by the BD (e.g. investigation reports, remedial works proposals and completion reports) from 10am to 4pm from Monday to Friday;
 
2. A tender/quotation box located at the ground floor of the BD Headquarters for receiving tender/quotation documents from 8.30am to 5.30pm from Monday to Friday; and
 
3. A drop-in counter located at the office of the BD’s New Buildings Division at 7/F, 14 Taikoo Wan Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong, for receiving statutory applications and related documents and forms for new building works and returning the processed plans and related documents to the applicants from 9.30am to 2.30pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
 
     The department will issue receipts/acknowledgements of submissions in due course. However, the handling time of the above services may be longer than usual.
    
     The Building Information Centre and all receipt counters, dispatch counters, general enquiry counters and meeting rooms of the BD will not be open to the public until further notice. All appointments, meetings (except meetings essential to meet statutory requirements such as Minor Works Contractor Registration Committee meetings) and inspections scheduled for the period will be rescheduled to later dates and the individuals concerned will be notified in due course.
     
     The BD appeals to the public to minimise visiting the department’s offices in person unless they genuinely require its public services urgently. The public may call 1823 to make emergency reports. For general enquiries and other reports, they may call 1823 or inform the department by email (enquiry@bd.gov.hk), online reporting (eform.one.gov.hk/form/bd0001/en/), fax (2537 4992) or post (North Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon). In addition, electronic information may be submitted to the BD via receipt@bd.gov.hk. read more

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Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts to resume handling fresh remand cases next Monday

The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
 
     The Judiciary today (August 7) announced that after reviewing the latest situation, Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts will resume handling fresh remand cases from next Monday (August 10).

     For enquiries, the following hotline will be operated from Monday to Friday 8.45am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 5pm (except public holidays):

Magistrates’ Courts: 2677 8373

     â€‹The Judiciary will continue to strictly enforce appropriate preventive and crowd management measures. These measures include enhanced cleansing and disinfection of public areas, requiring all people entering the Judiciary premises to undergo body temperature checks and wear surgical masks at all times unless otherwise directed by the judge, expansion of registry/office areas as far as possible, and putting in place necessary queuing, ticketing or other crowd management arrangements to regulate the people flow and avoid crowding. read more

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