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Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
The latest news and top stories on the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. A Hong Kong-based professional association, the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) is dedicated to upholding professional standards and ethics for surveyors. Its main areas of focus include setting admission requirements, providing continuing professional development and advising the government on matters such as building safety and urban planning.
The government is clamping down on smoking at construction sites following the Tai Po fire. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Authorities rule out smoking areas at construction sites under proposed ban

Commissioner for Labour Sam Hui tells lawmakers that proposed smoking ban will apply to all areas of construction sites.

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Hong Kong housing

Are new Hong Kong subdivided flat standards triggering a wave of evictions?

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Hong Kong housing

Some Hong Kong landlords spend millions fixing subdivided flats ahead of new law

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong to spend HK$6.8 billion buying back fire-ravaged Tai Po flats

Deputy financial secretary says government offering HK$8,000 or HK$10,500 per square foot and will draw HK$4 billion from public funds.

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The Tai Po fire claimed 168 lives. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong housing

Contractors’ botches lead to bans on bidding for Hong Kong public projects

Measures follow government probe into problems at three light public housing sites in Siu Lam, Tuen Mun and Chai Wan.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Exclusive | Hong Kong surveyor’s undeclared role prompts rule review after deadly Tai Po fire

Arrested surveyor’s undeclared link to Wang Fuk Court triggers move from the government to tighten potential conflict of interest rules.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Rebuilding fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court ‘not practical’, Hong Kong officials say

Economist urges government to use donation fund to generate investment returns to bridge financial gap for residents waiting for new flats.

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Hong Kong authorities estimate that acquiring all homes in the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court will cost around HK$6 billion and believe rebuilding on the site is not ‘practical’. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Survey launched on long-term rehousing plans for Hong Kong fire victims

Nine options for new homes listed, including redeveloping fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court by 2035 at the earliest.

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Legislative Council election 2025

New Hong Kong lawmaker Julia Lau vows to strengthen oversight after Tai Po fire

Architectural sector legislator urges better use of public funds, and has ideas on how to boost development of the Northern Metropolis and tourism.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Market rates set Hong Kong’s HK$150,000 subsidy for Tai Po fire victims: minister

Home affairs minister Alice Mak says two-year annual grant is based on typical rent in the area amid concerns it could drive up rates.

Flat owners displaced by the deadly fire in Tai Po will receive a two-year annual HK$150,000 rental subsidy. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

‘Fresh start’: Hong Kong urged to fast-track buy-back of fire-hit Wang Fuk Court

Institute of Surveyors calls on government to set up statutory body and new law to repurchase flats destroyed in deadly Tai Po blaze.

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Surveyors have urged Hong Kong to set up a statutory body to fast-track the repurchase of the destroyed flats. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

‘I’m worried’: residents of Hong Kong estates in limbo after renovation suspended

Owners at estates with projects by beleaguered contractor for Wang Fuk Court fear they might need to hire new company and spend even more.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Flat owners warned as consultant on fire-hit Hong Kong estate signals exit

Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies tells the Post some members notified of closure of Will Power Architects.

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Hong Kong society

Typhoons damage 20% of Hong Kong Covid isolation cubicles, reuse plans under way

Development Bureau says modules will be repaired and reused at construction sites of future public works projects.

A fifth of the 4,500 cubicles previously used as Covid-19 community isolation and treatment facilities in Hong Kong were damaged by typhoons Wipha and Ragasa. Photo: Sam Tsang
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