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Audit report|Compulsory building inspection progress is lagging behind by over 20 years

2020-11-26T00:29:22.381Z


The Audit Commission today (25th) released its latest audit report, one of which reviewed the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme of the Buildings Department. The audit report criticized that as of December 2019, the mandatory building inspection program covered 18,066 buildings, but


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Author: Lao Xianliang

2020-11-25 14:13

Last update date: 2020-11-25 14:14

The Audit Commission today (25th) released its latest audit report, one of which reviewed the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme of the Buildings Department.

The audit report criticized that as of December 2019, the mandatory building inspection program covered 18,066 buildings, but an estimated 12,000 buildings were not selected for statutory notice.

The department aims to select 600 buildings each year. It will take 20 years to complete the notification of 12,000 buildings. New buildings to be covered have not been calculated.

According to the guidelines of the Buildings Department, one month after the expiry of the period specified in the statutory notice, the department needs to issue warning letters to owners who do not comply. As of April this year, 24,639 statutory notices were not complied with, but 28% of them were not No warning letter was issued, almost all of which exceeded the one-month deadline stipulated in the guidelines.

Of the cases of non-compliance with the statutory notice, 53% have not been complied with more than three years after the expiration of the notice completion deadline.

In 2019, 1,071 cases of non-compliance with the statutory notice were referred to the prosecution team for follow-up. However, the Audit Commission found that 65% were transferred to the prosecution team for follow-up only four years after the expiry of the deadline.

The audit report pointed out that the Buildings Department should streamline the mandatory building inspection plan and strengthen law enforcement.

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Even if they were convicted after the prosecution, as of April this year, there were still 26 owners who had failed to comply with building repairs after conviction, but they had not been referred to the second prosecution.

The audit report recommended that the Buildings Department should streamline the mandatory building inspection plan, strengthen law enforcement, and provide more guidance to identify serious cases.

The Buildings Department responded that it will step up law enforcement and has upgraded the building condition information system in June this year to closely monitor the recovery of agency project costs.

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Audit Report, Buildings Department Inspection, Audit Office

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