Building Management Professional Advisory Service Scheme (BMPASS)

Introduction

To enhance the support for owners of “three-nil” buildings, and buildings where the management committee of the owners' corporation (OC) concerned was defunct, HAD implemented 3 phases of the BMPASS between 2011 and 2020 to commission property management companies to provide owners of old buildings in need, in particular those of “three-nil” buildings, with a range of free professional advisory and follow-up services on building management, including facilitating the formation or re-activation of OCs, assisting OCs in applying for funding under various loan and subsidy schemes for maintenance works, and following up on building/window inspections, maintenance works and tendering. A total of 540 OCs were formed/re-activated with the assistance provided in the 3 phases of the BMPASS.

The BMPASS was well received by owners of target buildings and relevant members of the community, who considered that the scheme had helped owners of old buildings improve building management, living environment and building safety. HAD therefore decided to regularise the BMPASS. To further enhance its effectiveness, HAD implemented a pilot scheme under the regularised BMPASS to invite local organisations/non-governmental organisations with experience in building management or related fields to reach out to owners of “three-nil” buildings and to encourage and assist them in forming OCs. The pilot scheme was first launched in Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan in June 2022, and progressively extended to cover other districts with a relatively large number of “three-nil” buildings including Yau Tsim Mong, Wan Chai, Tai Po, Central and Western District, Eastern District, North District and Kowloon City.

The Pilot Scheme was proven effective and supported by the service users and the community. HAD has now implemented a new round of the BMPASS across all the 18 districts in Hong Kong from July 2024 to July 2027 following the existing mode of operation of the Pilot Scheme.

Enquiries

For enquiries, please contact the District Building Management Liaison Teams of the respective District Offices.