The Home Affairs Department set up the Building Management
Division in June 2001 to coordinate building management matters.
At the district level, District Building Management Liaison
Teams (DBMLTs) comprising Liaison Officers have been set up
in the 18 District Offices to provide comprehensive service
on building management.
DBMLTs will -
visit owners of private buildings in the district
to promote the good practices of building management;
advise owners on the procedures of the formation
of an owners' corporation (OC);
issue an exemption certificate to the convenor
of an owners' meeting for obtaining a free copy
of record of owners of the building from the Land
Registry for the purpose of convening a meeting
to form an OC. Each building will only be issued
with the exemption certificate once. Subsequent
search of record of owners for whatever reason shall
be conducted at owners' own cost.
attend owners' meetings and give advice to owners
as and when necessary;
process applications made to the Secretary for
Home Affairs for an order to convene a meeting of
owners under section 3A of the Building Management
Ordinance;
organize training courses, seminars, talks and
workshops on building management for members of
the management committee;
organize educational and publicity activities,
e.g. arranging roving exhibitions on building management
and producing a series of publicity materials on
building management, maintenance and insurance to
promote proper and effective building management;
handle enquiries and complaints relating to building
management;
assist law enforcement departments in enforcing
building maintenance and fire safety improvement;
and
