Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Registered Contractors’ Disciplinary Board has completed four disciplinary inquiries under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) and decided that two of the registered minor works contractors (RMWC) and their authorized signatories (AS) should be disciplined for having been negligent or having misconducted themselves in building works; one of the RMWC appointed as a qualified person (QP) under the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS) and its AS should be disciplined for failing to discharge the duties or abide by the requirements imposed on a QP under the BO, and the other RMWC should be disciplined for having been convicted by a court of offences related to building works.
The Board’s written decisions and orders issued on June 24 were published in the Gazette today (July 10). Details are available at the following link:
Case 1: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28¬ice_no=4135&extra=0 Case 2: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28¬ice_no=4136&extra=0 Case 3: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28¬ice_no=4134&extra=0 Case 4: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28¬ice_no=4133&extra=0
Moreover, in order to ensure building safety, the BD attaches great importance to the quality of the prescribed window inspection and repairs by a QP under the MWIS. Any QP who contravenes the relevant provisions of the BO in carrying out the prescribed inspection and repair of windows under the MWIS is not only liable to criminal prosecution but also to disciplinary action under the BO. The BD will continue to conduct audit inspections to ensure the quality of prescribed inspections and repairs under the MWIS, the spokesperson added.