8 - 14 May 2023

• Bamboo Theater 戲棚 + Community Architecture Appreciation @Po Toi Island (6 May 2023)

• Brutal! Unknown Brutalism Architecture in Hong Kong at HKIA (until 15 May 2023)

• General Specification for Building and Building Services Installation 2022 Edition (posted on 5 Sep 2022)

• Technical Circular Letter 2023.183, 2023.184, 2023.185, 2023.186 and IDCM, EU FAQs on 28 April 2023 & Update of e-Forms and Excel Templates under BEAM Plus New Buildings v2.0 (NEW)
  

• CPD Training - Technical Visit to Hong Kong Battery Recycling Centre (posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• E-Survey on the Major Revision of BEAM Plus Existing Buildings (posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• CPD Event - Technical Visit to Hong Kong Housing Authority's MiC Mock-up for Tung Chung Area 99 (posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for Mandatory Building and Window Inspection Schemes - Updated PNBI-10 Code of Practice for the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme and the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (NEW)
  

• Codes, design manuals and guidelines - Code of Practice for the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS) and the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS) 2012 (2023 Edition)(NEW)
  

• Circular Letters - Prevention Measures at Construction Sites during Rainy and Typhoon Seasons (posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated APP-164 Enhanced Design Standards of Aboveground Drainage System (posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated ADV-33 Essential Information in Plan Submissions (posted on 11 Apr 2023)
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated ADM-2 Centralised Processing of Building Plans (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated ADM-19 Building Approval Process (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Practice Notes for Registered Contractors - Updated PNRC 2 Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) Specified Forms (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Practice Notes for Registered Contractors - Updated PNRC 42 Submission of Plans and Documents in Electronic Format (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated ADM-17 Submission of Plans and Documents in Electronic Format (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Practice Notes for AP, RSE and RGE - Updated APP-60 Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) Specified Forms (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• Circular Letters - Buildings Department Launches Stage 2 of Electronic Submission Hub (posted on 11 Apr 2023))
  

• The CIC Signed Memorandum of Understandings with Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node and Sensetime Group Limited to Drive Digital Transformation for Industry (posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• Webinar on Technically Competent Persons Registration Scheme (posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• List of F.S.D. Circular Letters -  Sprinkler System for Car Ports (posted on 11 Apr 2023)
  

• Latest crime alert from Police (posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• Competition Matters 04.2023 (posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• Webinar on Competition Ordinance (19 Jul; conducted in Cantonese)(posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• SDEV's speech on resumption of the Second Reading debate on Appropriation Bill 2023 (Chinese only)(NEW)

• LCQ7: Northern Metropolis (NEW)

• Application period for Land Sharing Pilot Scheme extended (NEW)

• SDEV visits MiC manufacturing bases in Greater Bay Area (with photos) (posted on 2 May 2023)

• LCQ6: Modular Integrated Construction method (posted on 2 May 2023)

• Transcript of remarks by SDEV at media session (Chinese only)(posted on 2 May 2023)

• Conclusions on interim public engagement activities for Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands project (posted on 2 May 2023)

• LCQ8: Missing lots in the New Territories (posted on 24 Apr 2023)

• LCQ19: Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands (posted on 24 Apr 2023)

• DEVB's response on labour importation scheme for construction industry (posted on 11 Apr 2023)

• HKIA Feature Article Case Study – Fiduciary Duty on Disclosure of Conflict of Interest (NEW) 
  

• HKIA Feature Article Case Study – Conflict of Interest in Contract Letting (posted on 12 Dec 2022)
  

• Processing of Applications for Lease Modifications, Land Exchanges, Private Treaty Grants and Other Land Transactions (posted on 11 Apr 2023))

• Standard Rates for Calculation of Premium forExemption of Balconies, Utility Platforms and Non-structural Prefabricated External Walls from Gross Floor Area and Site Coveragein Joint Practice Note Nos. 1 and 2 (posted on 11 Apr 2023))

• Streamlined Requirement on Submission of Ownership and Land Grant Records in Applications made under Lands Department Lands Administration Office Practice Note Nos. 3/2012B, 1/2016, 2/2019, 3/2019, 4/2019, 5/2019, 6/2019, 3/2021, 1/2022 and 6/2022 (posted on 27 Mar 2023)

• Occupational Safety and Occupational Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023 (Effective from 28 April 2023)(posted on 2 May 2023)
  

• Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) Annual Report 2021-2022 (posted on 28 Dec 2022)
  

• Town Planning Board Guidelines revised (TPB PG-No. 13G)(posted on 24 Apr 2023)
  

• 立法會：房屋局局長就《2023年撥款條例草案》恢復二讀辯論致辭全文（只有中文）(NEW)
  

• DFA Design for Asia Awards 2023: [Submission Deadline: 30 June 2023] Entry fee 50% off extended to 15 May 2023 
  

• Call for Nomination: Green Building Award 2023 [Submission Deadline: 6:00pm 15 Jun 2023]
  

• Call for Application: DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award [Application Deadline: 28 Jun 2023]
  

• 6th Edition Baku International Architecture Award [Submission Deadline: 1 Sep 2023]
  

• Call for papers for the 20th Asian Congress of Architects (ACA20)(1 - 31 May 2023)
  

• Build4Asia 2023 (10 - 12 May 2023)

• UIA Live Webinar : Design for Climate Adaption and Resilient Communities  (10 May 2023)
  

• CIC Construction Innovation Award 2022 – Sharing Session (11 May 2023)
  

• IFMA Hong Kong Chapter Conference – *integrate|2023 (11 May 2023)
  

• BSL x ESG Consortium – Sharing Session at ESG Asia Forum in Build4Asia 2023 (11 May 2023)
  

• The HKIE Fire Division 14th Annual Symposium 2023 “Create, Change, Connect” (24 May 2023)
  

• 香港建築中心：三日兩夜廣州 「見築識廣」之旅 (2023年6月9-11日)
  

• 減少濫用公屋助基層安居
  明報 銓之廣場
  文：建築、測量、都市規劃園境界立法會議員
  (2023年5月8日)

• 土地共享先導計劃 申請期延長一年
  大公報 港聞 
  (2023年5月5日)

• 龍七公：提升公僕績效　改革賞罰機制?
  文：謝偉銓 立法會議員 
  東網 評論
  (2023年5月5日)

• 司局長：重塑區議會讓所有市民得益 提升治理效能 集中建設社區
  文匯網 今日文匯
  (2023年5月3日) 

• 兩世紀阿公岩村滅村 擬建公屋容納逾4,000人
  獨立媒體 社區
  (2023年4月26日)

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