The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, announced today the “First Five-Year Plan for the Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”. Li Jiachao said that the HKSAR Government will focus on solving the problem of old buildings falling into disrepair over a long period of time. Specific measures include: innovating building rehabilitation strategies, improving technical, project tendering, and financial support; having official agencies be highly involved in the tender process, focusing on cracking down on corruption and bid rigging for maintenance projects; promoting preventive maintenance, early intervention, and the application of technology to comprehensively assist and encourage owners to carry out regular inspection and maintenance of older and high-risk buildings; amend the Buildings Ordinance to strengthen regulations and penalties for the maintenance engineering industry Professional conduct to guarantee the project quality.

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, announced today the “First Five-Year Plan for the Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”. Li Jiachao said that the HKSAR Government will focus on solving the problem of old buildings falling into disrepair over a long period of time. Specific measures include: innovating building rehabilitation strategies, improving technical, project tendering, and financial support; having official agencies be highly involved in the tender process, focusing on cracking down on corruption and bid rigging for maintenance projects; promoting preventive maintenance, early intervention, and the application of technology to comprehensively assist and encourage owners to carry out regular inspection and maintenance of older and high-risk buildings; amend the Buildings Ordinance to strengthen regulations and penalties for the maintenance engineering industry Professional conduct to guarantee the project quality.