The Hong Kong Housing Authority publishes the fifteenth Sustainability Report under the theme “Live Green Together in Harmony”. This Report showcases how we continue to practise the virtue of togetherness in providing a safe, harmonious and sustainable living environment.
Housing Department's individual divisions/units have obtained various certifications and verifications on management systems of international standards.
Quality Management System
Environmental Management System
Energy Management System
Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Information Security Management System
Information Technology Service Management System
10 Years Plus Caring Organisation Logo
BIM-enabled Systematic Approach to Foundation Design (BIM-SAFD)
Research Category — Merit Award
Construction of Public Rental Housing Development at Ex-Kwai Chung Police Married Quarters
New Buildings Category – Completed Projects – Residential Building — Finalist
Hoi Ying Estate and Hoi Lok Court
Project of the Year 2019 & Construction / Engineering – Winner
On Tai Estate and On Tat Estate
Sustainable Project – Winner
Connect Old and New – Addition of Lift Towers at Cheung Ching Estate
(Client / Client’s representative group) in the A&A and Conversion Category – Winner & Caring Practice Award
Tai Yuen Estate
Wastewi$e Certificate — Excellence Level
Lee On Estate
Wastewi$e Certificate — Basic Level
Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification
HKHA Waste Reduction Performance
Wastewi$e Certificate — Excellence Level
To minimise our environmental footprints and build resilience to the potential impact of climate change for our housing estates and office, we set a total of 41 environmental targets for 2019/20 and all these targets are fully achieved.
10 projects registered, 3 projects awarded Provisional Gold rating in BEAM Plus New Buildings certification scheme
Reduced the estimated communal energy consumption for domestic block designed by about 29% compared with the baseline figure
Average energy consumption of building services installations in communal areas was 21.39 kWh/m2/Annum
Photovoltaic systems installed in 109 domestic blocks, with a total system capacity of 1010 kW (as of March 2020)
Use of precast concrete components reached 70% precast rate on plan at typical floor of domestic block of suitable housing development
Continued to install Zero Irrigation System planters to conserve water resources and mitigate the impacts brought by heavy rainstorms
Maintained estate communal areas’ electricity consumption at 50.5 kWh per flat per month
Provided standard electric vehicle chargers at about 40 monthly parking spaces in 12 existing carparks (as of March 2020)
Continued to join the Government’s Food Waste Collection Pilot Scheme
Recycled 29,908 tonnes of paper, 2,282 tonnes of plastic bottles, 2,130 tonnes of aluminium cans
Organised tree planting activities in 10 estates and carried out landscape improvement work in 20 estates
Approximately 94,000 trees have been managed under the Enterprise Tree Management System
Electricity consumption per staff reduced by 12.8%, far exceeding our target of 5% against base year 2013/14
Paper consumption per staff reduced by 13.6%, far exceeding our target of 3% against base year 2013/14
Water consumption per staff reduced by 14.6%, far exceeding our target of 2% against base year 2015/16
Continued to adopt Enterprise Resource Planning to digitalise procurement procedures
Utilised Housing Electronic Plan Submission System & Housing Electronic Building Records Online System for e-submissions and handling of documents
To build a harmonious and thriving community as well as a safe and rewarding workplace, we set a total of 21 social targets for 2019/20, and all these targets are fully achieved.
Adopted universal design for all ages and abilities to enhance safety and accessibility
Customer satisfaction index reached 90.2%
Issued safety and health alerts, organised a Site Safety Forum and site safety seminars to promote safety awareness and practices
Achieved zero fatal accident
Accident rate was 5.2 per 1,000 workers for new works, lower than that of the Hong Kong construction industry average (i.e. 29.0 per 1,000 workers)
Enhanced the random selection mechanism of Accredited Safety Auditors by relating to their performance grading for implementation
Estate Management Advisory Committees held over 800 bi-monthly meetings, and partnered with NGOs to organise about 360 community building functions to promote neighbourliness
Continued to organise “Green Delight in Estates” and “Let's Join Hands to Reduce Waste in Our Estates” to promote waste reduction in daily lives
Produced video on “Together, We Fight the Virus. Housing Authority Anti-epidemic Measures”
4,780 households benefitted from Harmonious Families Policies
Completed modernisation of 54 lifts under Lift Modernisation Programme
Organised the biennial Quality Public Housing Construction and Maintenance Awards 2019 to reward outstanding contractors, sub-contractors, project teams, supervisors and frontline workers
Maintenance and improvement works, estate management, cleansing and security services contracts achieved zero fatal accident
Accident rate was 5.3 per 1,000 workers for maintenance and improvement works, lower than that of the Hong Kong construction industry average (i.e. 29.0 per 1,000 workers)
220 staff at professional or equivalent level and above attended Management Development Programme
117 e-learning resources produced to facilitate continuous self-learning
Training hours reached 18.8 hours per staff
8,300 staff members attended 200 Occupational Safety and Health seminars/courses
New health-related information was regularly uploaded to the HA’s Health Portal
We set a total of 4 economic targets for 2019/20, and all these targets are fully achieved.
Completed construction of around 10,100 new public rental housing/Green Form Subsidised Home Scheme units and around 3,000 other subsidised sale flats
Fifth batch of Home Ownership Scheme flats was put up for sale
Phase 3 of Development and Construction Site Mobile System developed, consisting Apps for Building Works and Building Services Works Final Inspection of Domestic Flats and Foundation Works Inspection
Allocated around 12,100 public rental housing units to general applicants (i.e. family and elderly one-person applicants) and non-elderly one-person applicants under the Quota and Points System
Completed checking of around 250,000 income and assets declarations under the revised “Well-off Tenants Policies”
Around 19,020 households received assistance from the Rent Assistance Scheme
Around 270 households accepted alternative accommodations for relieving overcrowding
Continued to utilise over 100 IT systems/services to support the business operation of the HA
