22 - 27 Apr 2024

• 香港建築師學會 持續專業進修活動
  灣區新地標: 解碼深圳星河雙子塔創新開發運營模式 (23 Apr 2024)
  

• Recruitment for HKIA tennis team
  

• HKIA Website Revamp Questionnaire (Deadline: 30 Apr 2024)
  

• CPD Seminar: Smart and Green Public Toilets (3 May 2024)
  

• [CPD活動] 廣州參觀及考察交流團
  (25 - 26 May 2024)
  

• Qualified Supervision of Building Works Involving Mobile Plants and Tower Cranes by Adopting Smart Site Safety System (posted on 2 Apr 2024)

• Buildings Department highly concerned about fire incident in New Lucky House in Jordan (posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• Prevention Measures at Construction Sites during Rainy and Typhoon Seasons (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Precautionary Measures for Public and Building Safety during Typhoon Season (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Safety of Bamboo Scaffolds for Building Maintenance or Repair Works (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• LCQ12: Follow-up actions in respect of construction sites with frequent incidents (posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• LC: Speech by SDEV in Committee Stage Amendments to Waterworks (Amendment) Bill 2023 (Chinese only)(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• LC: Speech by SDEV on resumption of Second Reading debate on Waterworks (Amendment) Bill 2023 (Chinese only(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• LC: Speech by SDEV in moving Third Reading of Waterworks (Amendment) Bill 2023 (Chinese only) (NEW)(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• Closing remarks by USDEV on motion on "Promoting the development of low-altitude economy" (Chinese only)(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• Opening remarks by SDEV on planning and lands policy areas at LegCo Finance Committee special meeting (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Opening remarks by SDEV on works policy areas at LegCo Finance Committee special meeting (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Draft Kwu Tung South Outline Zoning Plan approved (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Approved Discovery Bay Outline Zoning Plan amended (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Approved Tin Shui Wai Outline Zoning Plan amended (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Call for Speakers for CPD in 2024 (posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• Tenders invited for site formation and engineering infrastructure works at Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Updates in Geoguide 5 – Guide to Slope Maintenance and Knowledge on Slope Maintenance (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Public Works Laboratories Automated Testing Building Open Day - celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of CEDD (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Joint Press Release: Twenty netted, syndicate smashed in Competition Commission and ICAC first joint operation against corruption and tender-rigging over building maintenance (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Latest crime alert 1 - Cyber Defender

• Latest crime alert 2 - Cyber Defender

• LAO Practice Note No. 11/2023A Pilot Scheme for Charging Land Premium at Standard Rates on Lease Modification including Land Exchange for Development of Agricultural Land in the New Territories outside New Development Areas (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• LAO Practice Note No. 12/2023A Charging Land Premium at Standard Rates on Lease Modifications for Redevelopment of Industrial Buildings (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• LAO Practice Note No. 2/2024 Application for Waivers for Installation of Radio Base Stations for Mobile Services in Existing Buildings (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• LAO Practice Note No. 3/2024 Standard Rates for Calculation of Premium for Exemption of Balconies, Utility Platforms and Non-structural Prefabricated External Walls from Gross Floor Area and Site Coverage in Joint Practice Note Nos. 1 and 2 (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• LAO Practice Note No. 4/2024 Standard Rates for Premium Calculation for Exemption of Gross Floor Area and/or Site Coverage and Relaxation of Building Height Restriction arising from the adoption of Modular Integrated Construction Under Joint Practice Note No. 8 (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• Plug-in Tools for Floor Areas Calculation Checking in General Building Plan (GBP) Submission using Building Information Modelling (BIM) Technology – Second Phase (posted on 8 Apr 2024)

• Information Note issued by the Lands Department on 17 April 2024Information Note for Joint Development of Lots held under Separate Leases with "a building or buildings", "a factory or factories", "a warehouse or warehouses" or "a factory and/or a warehouse" restriction issued by the Lands Department on 17 April 2024 (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• LACO Circular Memorandum No. 79B Revised Procedures and Requirements of Applications for Approval of Deeds of Mutual Covenants (“DMCs”) (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• LACO Circular Memorandum No. 75C Lands Department Consent Scheme for Sale of Non-Residential Units in Uncompleted Development (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• LACO Circular Memorandum No. 72E Lands Department Consent Scheme for Sale of Residential Units in Uncompleted Development (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Corruption Prevention Advisory Service - Integrity Training (posted on 27 Dec 2023)

• Q&A on Hong Kong National Security Law: What acts and activities are covered in the Hong Kong National Security Law? (NEW)(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• 《香港國安法》問與答：哪些行為和活動會違反《香港國安法》？
  (NEW)(posted on 15 Apr 2024)

• EMSD releases lift and escalator contractors' latest performance ratings (NEW)(posted on 22 Apr 2024)

• Call for paper for the International Research Conference: ANVESHAN
  (2 May 2024)
  

• Quality Property and Facility Management Award 2024
  (Deadline: 3 May 2024)
  

• HKIA Young Architect Award 2023 (Deadline: 16 May 2024)
  

• Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2024 (Deadline: 17 May 2024)
  

• CIC Outstanding Contractor Award 2024 (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
  

• Construction Management Awards 2024 (Deadline: 7 Jun 2024)
  

• "One from Hundred Thousand" (十萬分一) Social Innovation Symposium Season 17: Making a community-based Hong Kong –– Experience and Experiment of the Community Making in Transitional Housing Projects
  (27 Apr 2024)
  

• Build4Asia 2024 (8-10 May 2024)
  

• IFMA Hong Kong Chapter Conference – *integrate|2024 (9 May 2024)
  

• Dialogue with Secretary for Housing (11 May 2024)
  

• 2024建造業青年大灣區交流計劃 (Registration Deadline: 15 May 2024)
  

• CPD Talk: Introduction to the Competition Ordinance (19 Jun 2024)
  

• 2024年首屆國際建築環境前沿科技論壇暨第21屆全國聲學設計與噪聲振動控制工程學術會議 (21 May 2024)
  

• The 11th International Conference on BIM Technology (30 - 31 May 2024)
  

• buildingSMART International - Asia Summit 2024 (17-18 Jun 2024)
  

• 香港建造業界國情研修班
  (24-29 Jun 2024)
  

• 香港大學生徽派建築測繪、城規、園林實習團 (報名延期至5月22日)
  

• 市區重建3.0 信報財經新聞 時事評論  文：城市設計師和資深城市發展顧問 張量童 (2024年4月13日)

• 【舊廈奪命火之修賓館例】華豐奪命火揭隱患 議員促修賓館例文匯網 港聞 (2024年4月15日)

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• 甯漢豪稱全力檢討建築物條例 集中資源處理未遵辦驗樓通知等大樓
  rthk.hk 即時新聞 (2024年4月17日)

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