Free Mediation Service Pilot Scheme for Building Management
Co-operation Agreement Signing Ceremony cum Mediation Workshop
(25 February 2015)

The Home Affairs Department (HAD) signed a co-operation agreement with the Hong Kong Mediation Centre (the Centre) and the Hong Kong Mediation Council (the Council) on 25 February 2015 to launch the two-year Free Mediation Service Pilot Scheme for Building Management (Scheme) to help owners and owners' corporations (OCs) resolve disputes in March. HAD will arrange volunteer mediators to provide free professional mediation services, with a view to resolving the disputes effectively for the owner and OCs and attaining a win-win solution. A total of 150 accredited and professional mediators from the Centre and the Council will participate in the Scheme. To enhance participants' knowledge of mediation services and the Scheme, the HAD has organised a mediation workshop to introduce the general procedures of the Scheme and look at real cases.

Photo shows (from left): The Assistant Director of Home Affairs, Mr Franco Kwok; the President of the Hong Kong Mediation Centre, Mr Francis Law; the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Mediation Council, Ms Jody Sin; Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Betty Fung, and ex-Law Officer (Civil Law) of the Department of Justice, Mr Benedict Lai, who witnessed the signing ceremony.