The Mutual Committee will dissolve more than 1,000 offices next year, and the vacant vacancy committee will give priority to renovating it into residential use.

The Home Affairs Office sent a letter to the 1,600 mutual aid committees in Hong Kong earlier this year, saying that after review, the functions of the mutual aid committees were declining, so they requested that they be dissolved before next year.

At the Legislative Council meeting today (June 6), some Members made enquiries about the arrangements after the dissolution of the Public Housing Estate Mutual Aid Committee.

In response, the Housing Bureau pointed out that the HA will expand the communication channels with residents, and the HA will consider prioritizing the conversion of the former mutual committee site for residential use or into facility housing, and at the same time, it can also accept interested groups according to the established mechanism for welfare or other purposes.

The Home Affairs Office sent a letter to the 1,600 mutual aid committees in Hong Kong earlier this year, saying that after review, the functions of the mutual aid committees were declining, so they requested that they be dissolved before next year.

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Legislative Council member Chen Xuefeng said that the Estate Management Advisory Committee established by the Hong Kong Housing Authority in its public housing estates is composed of constituency councillors, representatives of the Housing Department and representatives of the Mutual Aid Committee of the estates. Its function is to strengthen To monitor and evaluate the work of public housing estate service contractors.

However, the Mutual Committee will be disbanded one after another this year, which means that the Village Management Advisory Committee will lose its resident representatives.

Chen Xuefeng is concerned about how the Village Management Advisory Committee collects residents' opinions on monitoring the outsourced property management, cleaning and security work of the estate after the mutual committee is disbanded.

He also pointed out that the functions of the Village Management Advisory Committee include approving or renewing service contracts and evaluating the performance of contractors. Whether the Housing Department will listen to residents' opinions before selecting contractors from next year, such as directly inviting residents' representatives to participate in the selection process Wait.

Chen Xuefeng also hopes that the department will explain how the meeting will use the meeting place after the dissolution of the mutual committee.

HA: Collect tenant feedback directly through traditional and electronic means

In response to the enquiry, the HA stated that after the dissolution of the MCA, the HA will expand its communication channels with residents, including collecting tenants’ views directly through traditional and electronic means, such as placing suggestion boxes in the ground floor lobbies of residences, Display QR codes and hyperlinks on the circular, and expand the use of the "HD Infolink" mobile application.

Tenants can continue to visit estate offices in person, as well as through telephone hotlines and telemarketers, to exchange views on estate management matters and service contractors' performance with HD staff.

The HA stated that it will also promote its work through various means, including the "Estate Newsletter" published in May and November every year, circulars, suggestion boxes at estate offices, social media platforms, etc.

The HA pointed out that it has established a rigorous evaluation mechanism to monitor and evaluate the performance of service contractors, including staff ratings and regular “Statistical Interviews on the Performance of Estate Service and Routine Maintenance Contractors” to collect tenants’ opinions and so on, and the mutual committee's rating only accounts for a part of it.

In the future, the HA will increase the number of "statistical interviews" to collect more tenants' views on the performance of estate service contractors.

When approving or renewing service contracts, the HA will also review the relevant work experience and service level of all service contractors according to the current assessment mechanism, and select suitable service contractors.

As for the current 1,100 MCA offices, the HA will consider whether it complies with the Buildings Ordinance and related regulations, land use restrictions, planning restrictions, environmental factors and residents' opinions, etc. If the technology is feasible, the HA will Priority will be given to converting them to residential use, and they will also be considered to be converted into facility housing to support the implementation of the municipal solid waste charging scheme. The application will be processed according to the established mechanism according to the relevant laws and regulations, technical feasibility and the actual situation of the estate concerned.

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