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12/2020	Three property owners fined over $130,000 in total for persistently not complying with removal orders Consent given to resume building works of private development project at Kai Tak Area 1E Site 2 Buildings Department extends special work arrangements to January 6, 2021 Buildings Department building surveyor preliminarily tests positive for COVID-19 Buildings Department extends special work arrangements to December 23 Twenty-two building plans approved in October Property owner fined about $5,000 for not complying with mandatory window inspection statutory notice Buildings Department's two-week special work arrangement
11/2020	Buildings Department's response to media report regarding handling of inspection and copying of building records Property owner fined over $10,000 for not complying with mandatory window inspection statutory notice Twenty-three building plans approved in September Property owner fined over $4,000 for not complying with mandatory window inspection statutory notice
10/2020	Authorized person and registered general building contractor and its authorized signatory disciplined for negligence Twenty-one building plans approved in August
9/2020	Two property owners fined over $80,000 and $60,000 for persistently not complying with removal orders Qualified Person given suspended jail sentence and fined for contravening mandatory window inspection law Qualified person prohibited by disciplinary board from certifying prescribed inspection and repair of windows for eight months Nineteen building plans approved in July Buildings Department to resume normal public services from September 15 Settlement of railway tunnel of Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 at Kai Tak Area 1E Latest arrangements for Buildings Department's public services
8/2020	Buildings Department's special work arrangements for public services Ancestral land managers fined about $130,000 for failing to comply with dangerous hillside orders Consent given to resume building works of topside development at Ho Man Tin Station Buildings Department's special arrangements for public services Two property co-owners fined over $10,000 for not complying with mandatory window inspection statutory notice Twenty-three building plans approved in June Buildings Department's special work arrangement to be extended Property owner given suspended jail sentence and fined for persistently not complying with removal order Buildings Department's special work arrangements to be extended
7/2020	Buildings Department continues special work arrangement Registered minor works contractor and its authorized signatory ordered by disciplinary board to have their names removed from register for four months Buildings Department extends special work arrangement Nineteen building plans approved in May Buildings Department's special work arrangement Two property co-owners fined over $20,000 for not complying with mandatory window inspection statutory notice Co-owners fined over $100,000 for not complying with removal order
6/2020	Property owner fined $130,000 for persistently not complying with removal order Joint Office for investigation of reports on water seepage in buildings alerts public to fraudulent letters Fourteen building plans approved in April Qualified person prohibited by disciplinary board from certifying prescribed inspection and repair of windows for eight months
5/2020	Eighteen building plans approved in March Director of Buildings' opening remarks at press conference on final report of Commission of Inquiry into Construction Works at and near Hung Hom Station Extension under Shatin to Central Link Project (Chinese Only)
4/2020	Thirteen building plans approved in February Buildings Department to adjust counter services arrangement from April 20 Fourteen building plans approved in January Qualified person disciplined for committing offence relating to prescribed inspection and repair of windows
3/2020	Buildings Department adjusts its public services from March 30 Special work arrangements for Buildings Department services from March 23 Buildings Department latest counter services arrangement Buildings Department counter services arrangement
2/2020	Buildings Department public services arrangement Buildings Department extends special work arrangements to March 1 Buildings Department extends special work arrangements to February 23 Seventeen building plans approved in December BD reminds public on requirements for alteration of drainage systems and their proper maintenance Buildings Department extends special work arrangements to February 16 Buildings Department's special work arrangements between February 3 and 9
1/2020	Property owner fined over $60,000 for not complying with removal order Property owner fined over $110,000 for persistently not complying with removal order Twenty-one building plans approved in November Property owner fined about $70,000 for not complying with removal order

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