Correctional officers at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre stopped a person in custody attacking staff yesterday (April 2). At 6.41pm yesterday, a 41-year-old male person in custody suddenly became… read more
The Chief Executive has appointed six official and 30 non-official members to the Town Planning Board (TPB) for a two-year term from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022. The membership list has been published in the Gazette today … read more
The Registered Contractors’ Disciplinary Board has completed a disciplinary inquiry under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) and decided that a Registered Minor Works Contractor (RMWC) appointed as a qualified person (QP) under the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS) and its Authorised Signatory (AS) (also being the RMWC’s director) should be disciplined for having been convicted by the court of offences relating to prescribed inspection and repair of windows. This was the first disciplinary inquiry against a QP under the MWIS.
The Board ordered the RMWC and its AS to be fined $6,000 respectively, and they are to pay about $58,000, being the costs of the Board and the Buildings Department (BD) for conducting the inquiry. The Board’s decision and order made on January 23, 2020, was published in the Gazette today (April 3). Details are available at the following link: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20202414/egn202024141576.pdf.
The RMWC and its AS submitted a certificate to the BD in January 2015, certifying that the windows of the premises were safe and that no prescribed repair was required.
Subsequently, the BD conducted an investigation in response to a report about substandard window repair at the premises concerned. In the investigation, it was revealed that certain window repair works had in fact been carried out.
The RMWC and its AS were later prosecuted, convicted and fined $6,000 respectively at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on February 25, 2016, pursuant to sections 40(2A)(c) and 40(5) of the BO for knowingly misrepresenting a material fact in certifying that the windows of the premises were safe and that no prescribed repair was required. In view of the convictions, the BD notified the disciplinary board for its consideration and action against the RMWC and its AS under the provisions of sections 13(1) and 13(3) of the BO.
A spokesperson for the BD reiterated that in order to ensure building safety, the BD attaches great importance to the quality of the prescribed inspection and repair of windows by a QP. Any QP who contravenes the relevant provisions of the BO in carrying out the prescribed inspection and repair of windows under the MWIS is not only liable to criminal prosecution but also disciplinary action under the Ordinance. read more
The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year licence of a fee-paying public car park on portions of the ground floor of Tai Po Government Offices, 1 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
The premises should be used for the purposes of a fee-paying public car park for the parking of private cars and motorcycles.
The tender notice was uploaded today (April 3) to the Agency’s website: www.gpa.gov.hk. Tender documents are available for collection at the Government Property Agency, 9/F, South Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, during office hours (8.30am to 5.45pm from Mondays to Fridays). The documents can also be downloaded from the Agency’s website.
Interested tenderers who wish to attend a site inspection should make prior appointment with the Government Property Agency by calling 3842 6777 on or before April 16, 2020.
Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situated on the Ground Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong, before noon on April 29, 2020. Late tenders will not be accepted. read more
The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year licence of a fee-paying public car park on portions of the ground floor of Tai Po Government Offices, 1 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
The premises should be used for the purposes of a fee-paying public car park for the parking of private cars and motorcycles.
The tender notice was uploaded today (April 3) to the Agency’s website: www.gpa.gov.hk. Tender documents are available for collection at the Government Property Agency, 9/F, South Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, during office hours (8.30am to 5.45pm from Mondays to Fridays). The documents can also be downloaded from the Agency’s website.
Interested tenderers who wish to attend a site inspection should make prior appointment with the Government Property Agency by calling 3842 6777 on or before April 16, 2020.
Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situated on the Ground Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong, before noon on April 29, 2020. Late tenders will not be accepted. read more