Notes of the 8th Business Liaison Group Meeting With the Hotel Trade

Date: 7 October 2009 (Wednesday) Time: 2:30 p.m. Venue: Room 601, 6/F West Wing, Central Government Offices Convenor: Mr W C CHAN Head, Business Facilitation Division,

Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit Trade Representatives Hong Kong Hotels Association (HKHA)Mr Ananda ARAWWAWELA 1st Vice Chairman Mr James LU Executive Director Hotel Engineers Committee, HKHA Mr Harvey WONG Convenor The Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners (FHKHO)Mr Michael LI Executive Director Ms Jenny HUI Assistant Manager Caritas Hospitality Services Mr Richard WONG Executive Manager HUA TAI Building Mr David LO Manager Government Representatives Environment Bureau (ENB) Miss Katharine CHOI Principal Assistant Secretary for the Environment

(Energy)

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) Mr Ken YEUNG Senior Engineer / Energy Efficiency B5 Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) Mr Patrick HO Financial Controller Mr T S CHEW Telecommunications Engineer (Regulatory 21)1 Home Affairs Department (HAD) Mr Philip WONG Chief Officer (Licensing Authority)

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Buildings Department (BD)Mr Sammy TANG Building Surveyor/Licensing 5 Fire Services Department (FSD) Mr Patrick LEUNG Divisional Officer (Policy)1 Mr Suen-to CHAN Assistant Divisional Officer (Policy)1 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) Mr Siu-hin SUM Chief Health Inspector (Other Licences) HQ Transport Department (TD) Mr Frederick MAK Executive Officer (Public Vehicles) 2 Efficiency Unit (EU) Mr Gary WOO Senior Management Services Officer Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit (EABFU) Mr Anson CHAU Chief Management Services Officer (Secretary) Miss Jenny YEUNG Project Officer The Convenor welcomed all to the meeting. Briefings by Bureau/Department View-seeking by OFTA on “Person-to-Person Marketing Calls” 2. Mr Patrick HO gave a presentation and sought the views from the trade on the “Person-to-Person Marketing Calls” (Annex 1). 3. Mr James LU said that hotels usually contracted out catering services to third party agencies. Mr Michael LI added that a code of practice was normally provided to the agencies along with the contract. 4. Mr Ananda ARAWWAWELA suggested that the government should provide a code of practice for the hotel trade and the service providers of person-to-person marketing calls. Mr Patrick HO replied that OFTA had prepared a draft voluntary code of practice and was considering whether this would serve as one of the ways to regulating person-to-person marketing calls. As requested by both the HKHA and FHKHO, he undertook to provide them with a copy of the draft for comments. (Post meeting notes: OFTA sent the draft code of practice to the HKHA and FHKHO on 8 October 2009.)

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View-seeking by OFTA on “Special Telecommunications Numbers Arrangements” 5. Mr T S CHEW gave a presentation and sought the views from the trade on the “Proposal on New Process for Assignment of Special Phone Numbers to End Users” (Annex 2). 6. Mr James LU enquired whether this proposed initiative would apply to fixed line phone numbers or mobile phone numbers. He anticipated that the need for special numbers among hotel operators who had adopted the PABX telephone system for fixed line phones would be small. Mr T S CHEW clarified that both fixed line phone numbers and mobile phone numbers were included in the proposed initiative, which would serve as an alternative to the existing channel of phone number assignments. 7. Mr Ananda ARAWWAWELA enquired on the definition of special numbers. Mr T S CHEW replied that OFTA would draft a list of special numbers on the commonly acknowledged good or lucky numbers in accordance with the Hong Kong culture. Mr James LU opined that different people would find different numbers special or meaningful. He suggested OFTA to allow the public to register with OFTA for their personalised special numbers. Mr T S CHEW responded that the initial thinking was to allow the public to choose from the list of numbers suggested by OFTA. 8. OFTA had designed questionnaires on “Person-to-Person Marketing Calls” and “Special Telecommunications Numbers Arrangements” to gauge the views of the trade. Mr James LU agreed to distribute these two questionnaires to members of HKHA for completion. (Post meeting notes: OFTA sent the two questionnaires to the HKHA on 9 October 2009.) 9. Mr Patrick HO and Mr T S CHEW thanked the trade for their views in the two view-seeking sessions. Latest development of the proposed mandatory implementation of the Building Energy Codes (BEC) 10. Miss Katharine CHOI gave a briefing on the latest development of the proposed mandatory implementation of BEC to the meeting (Annex 3). 11. Mr Michael LI enquired whether the proposed mandatory compliance with BEC would become a licensing requirement for hotels in future. He also enquired whether the business sector could have a look at the Bill before it was passed by the LegCo. Miss Katharine CHOI replied that the mandatory compliance with BEC would not become a licensing requirement for hotels in future. She also advised that a Bills Committee would likely to be formed by the LegCo for detailed scrutiny of the Bill and it was a common practice for the LegCo to invite deputations to express their views on the Bill. 12. Mr Michael LI said that to enhance their competitiveness, it was common for hotels to have many minor retrofitting works throughout the year. He suggested that these

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retrofitting works should not be mistakenly treated as major retrofitting works under the Bill as they were of different nature from the proposed scope of coverage. Miss Katharine CHOI clarified that retrofitting works relating to building services installations that covered an aggregated floor area equalled to or more than 500 square metres under the same series of works within 12 months could be defined as major retrofitting works under the Bill. The reason for introducing the concept of “same series of works” was to prevent operators from circumventing the 500 square meters threshold by dividing major retrofitting works into smaller portions. In considering whether the retrofitting works were under the same series of works, the nature of the works and the contractual arrangements would be some of the factors to be taken into account. 13. Mr Harvey WONG enquired whether exemption could be granted to existing hotels which had technical constraints in complying with the stipulated requirements in major retrofitting works. Miss Katharine CHOI replied that operators could apply to the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in writing for an exemption. Such applications should be supported by justifications. 14. Mr Michael LI said that the energy-saving requirements as stipulated in the proposed legislation might be contradictory to the requirements stipulated in other existing legislation. Miss Katharine CHOI responded that comments were being collected from other bureaux to see whether there were any contradictions between the proposed standards and other existing requirements. So far, no such comments were received. 15. Mr Harvey WONG said that EMSD had conducted two rounds of lighting survey on the maximum allowable lighting power densities (LPD) and some existing hotels had provided their design data accordingly. Decorative lighting was included in hotels’ data in the first round of the survey but was excluded in the second round upon EMSD’s request. The results of the first round survey showed that the LPD of existing hotels were two to three times higher than the proposed values. He wished to know the survey results of the second round in which decorative lighting was excluded. He also stressed that decorative lighting was an important factor for the image and the service standard of hotels, and it was not feasible for hotels to consider hotel design merely from an energy-saving perspective. In addition, Mr WONG suggested that when stipulating the maximum allowable LPD for hotel kitchens, factors such as hygiene standard and occupational health and safety should be taken into consideration. 16. Mr Ken YEUNG replied that decorative lighting was currently proposed to be excluded from the calculation of the maximum allowable LPD. It was also currently proposed that the maximum allowable LPD for kitchens would be relaxed to the same requirement as offices. These proposals had been incorporated in the second draft of the relevant code of practice, which would be circulated to the Technical Taskforce members for comments. Hotel Engineers Committee (HKHA) was also one of the Technical Taskforce members. He undertook to advise Mr Harvey WONG of the survey results of the second round in response to his request. (Post-meeting note: EMSD informed Mr. Harvey WONG of the relevant survey result on 22 October 2009.)

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Confirmation of the notes of the 7th BLG meeting 17. Members confirmed the notes of the last meeting without amendment. 18. The Convenor advised the meeting that Mr Michael LI offered FHKHO’s views on the proposed Hong Kong Voluntary Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme for Bathing Showers after the notes of the 7th meeting had been uploaded to the Business Facilitation Initiative (www.gov.hk/bfi) website. The views were subsequently conveyed to the Water Supplies Department on 3 August 2009 for consideration. 19. Mr Michael LI said that the hotel industry was in support of environmental friendly measures in general. However, since there was no consensus among different hotel operators on the proposed scheme yet, individual operators could implement different environmental friendly measures at their own discretion. Matters arising from the last meeting Progress of the proposed amendment to the Food Business Regulation (Cap 132X) regarding wall colour in food rooms 20. Mr Siu-hin SUM reported that FEHD would propose legislative amendment to remove the “light colour” requirement for internal wall surface of food room from the Food Business Regulation (Cap 132X). Follow-up action was in progress. Progress of the Private Certification Scheme 21. Mr Philip WONG reported that a Private Certification Scheme for Hotel Licence Applications would be proposed to streamline the processing time of licence applications. The proposed scheme for building safety requirements would only be applicable to licence applications for purpose-built hotel. Under the scheme, the Authorized Person, who was responsible for obtaining the Occupation Permit for the hotel building or the Form BA14 acknowledgement letter for the conversion to hotel use, would be required to certify that the building layout of the hotel was in conformity with the latest building plans approved by the Building Authority. The Authorized Person would also be required to submit a copy of undertaking letter to confirm that the materials specified in the materials schedule under PNAP 53 and the drainage system had remained intact as accepted by the Building Authority. 22. If there were any deviations to the approved plans due to subsequent alteration and addition works and substantial fitting out works, new sets of certificates/ test report/ delivery notes and relevant documents would be required to submit to the Office of Licensing Authority for acceptance upon completion of the works. 23. General compliance inspection would be conducted in order to ensure that all subsequent building works and fitting out works for the hotel building had been completed

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before a licence was issued (excluding those building works which had been approved/ checked by the Building Authority). The Office of Licensing Authority staff of the HAD would issue an outstanding checklist to the applicant on site so as to facilitate the applicant to follow up rectification work in order to speed up the processing time. Mr WONG also reminded the trade that the proposed scheme would not apply to fire safety requirements which were required to be complied with before a hotel licence could be issued. New items for discussion Hire Car Permit for hotel service 24. Mr Frederick MAK gave a briefing on hire car permit for hotel service to the trade (Annex 4). 25. Mr Michael LI showed his appreciation to the Transport Department for the clarification made on the definition of hotel guest in regard to the hire car permit. However, he opined that the two assessment criteria, viz. the utilization history of hire car services of the hotel and the number of hotel bedrooms, were not appropriate for applications from new hotels and prestigious boutique hotels with small number of hotel bedrooms. Mr Frederick MAK responded that for new hotels which were not able to submit utilization history of hire car services, the Transport Department would take into consideration the service standard and the number of bedrooms provided. For prestigious boutique hotels, the Transport Department would include service standard as a factor of consideration. Guidelines for hotel inspection 26. Mr Richard WONG said that the height of the wall beneath his hotel windows was up to standard when it was built years ago. However, upon amendments to the legislation, the height of the wall was shorter than the new standard. The inspector in charge of the previous renewal application asked the operator to have the windows shut and to post a notice of caution on the window as an alternative to the requirement of extending the height of the wall. However, another inspector in charge of the latest renewal inspection requested the operator to add railings above the wall in meeting the height requirement. Mr WONG opined that there was inconsistency in inspection standard and this was not conducive to the hotel trade. 27. Mr Philip WONG responded that the two building surveyors in the Office of Licensing Authority of the HAD who were responsible for processing renewal applications in respect of building safety would conduct inspections according to a standard inspection checklist. If deviations or irregularities were noted at the time of inspection, a verbal advice would be given to the hotel representative for advance information and followed by a written notification on rectification items signed by a senior officer for confirmation. In response to the aforesaid case, Mr WONG advised that different inspectors might have different professional judgement, and such a request was made by the inspector for the sake of the safety of the occupiers. However, Mr WONG being the Chief Officer would maintain the inspection standard as far as possible. Mr WONG welcomed hotel operators

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who had problems regarding inspection standard or rectification works to contact him direct. He would make every effort to resolve the problems. Adoption of new regulatory requirements to renewal of hotel licence application 28. Mr Philip WONG advised that normally the Office of Licensing Authority would not impose new standards arising from new regulations to existing hotels unless there were addition and alteration works, or change in use or potential danger to hotel occupiers. This practice was in line with that adopted by the Buildings Department. However, regarding legislation with retrospective effect, such as the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance (Cap 572), the Buildings Department would direct owners/occupiers to comply with the new standard of the legislation. Notification of new regulations/policies affecting hotel 29. Mr Philip WONG told the meeting that if there were new significant measures/policies in relation to the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap 349) affecting hotels, the Office of Licensing Authority would inform the trade through correspondence, forum or the BLG. 30. Mr Michael LI remarked that the government should take initiative to consult the hotel trade when formulating new policies which might have an impact on them. The Convenor said that the Administration normally consulted the trade when formulating new regulations/policies such as the proposed Mandatory Implementation of Building Energy Codes. Mr LI quoted as an example that the Buildings Department had prepared the draft revised Practice Note for Authorised Persons 111 (PNAP111) on hotel development without consulting the hotel developers and operators. Mr Sammy TANG said that the proposed 30% limit on the number of suite-type hotel rooms out of the total number of hotel rooms would not be imposed. Mr LI further enquired if the limitation on providing kitchenette and kitchen sinks in the hotel rooms were dropped as well. Mr TANG said that this limitation was still under considerations. Since the current PNAP111 had not been amended, the Buildings Department would follow the existing guideline as set out in the current PNAP111, which had been renamed as APP-40 (Practice Note for Authorized Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered Geotechnical Engineers – 40). A.O.B. Alfresco dining in the Central and Western District 31. Mr James LU raised a concern on the application for alfresco dining in the public open space (POS) of private buildings in the Central and Western District. The Convenor said that in view of public concern over misuse of POS and the need for a consistent approach in handling waiver applications related to POS for commercial purposes such as alfresco dining, the Development Bureau had commissioned a consultant to draw up management guidelines. The Administration was invited to brief the Food Business Task

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Force of the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee on the subject (FBTF Paper 25 - Outdoor Restaurant Seating Accommodation (OSA) Application at Grand Millennium Plaza) at its forthcoming meeting to be held on 8 October 2009. Date of next meeting 32. The next meeting would be held in March 2010.

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Office of the Telecommunications AuthorityOctober 2009

Annex 1

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Background

• Electronic communication is an essential part of business development for many companies in HK. In particular, SMEs may not have resources to undertake costly marketing activities and have to rely on electronic communication to promote their business.

• Unsolicited electronic messages have caused serious concerns in the community.

• The right of a recipient to refuse unsolicited electronic messages should be respected, while at the same time the development of legitimate electronic marketing should be allowed in HK.

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Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance(UEMO)

• Draft UEM Bill was tabled to the Legislative Council in July 2006. The UEMO was enacted in May 2007 and fully implemented in December 2007.

• The UEMO regulates the sending of “commercial”electronic messages, and covers pre-recorded telephone messages, short messages, fax, emails, etc.

• Three do-not-call registers have been set up for pre-recorded messages, short messages and fax messages.

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Person-to-Person (P2P) Marketing Calls are Exempted from UEMO

• The exemption is intended to leave room for legitimate telemarketing activities in HK, as the majority of HK businesses are SMEs which have to reply on this channel for marketing activities.

• The use of personal data for direct marketing is already regulated under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO).

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Review on P2P Marketing Calls

• Telephone survey of public opinion

• Questionnaires to collect views from the industry

• To strike a balance between the interests of recipients and senders of P2P marketing calls

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Your Views are Sought• Are P2P marketing calls being used by your trade, and to

what extent?

• Should P2P marketing calls be regulated, and why?

• If such calls are to be regulated, what is the preferred regulatory mode?

Voluntary code of practiceLegislationOthers

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Questionnaires to collect views from the industry• If your company is either:

outsourcing outbound call service (for making calls to recipients in Hong Kong) to a call centre or other parties; ordeploying an in-house team for making outbound marketing calls for your own company to recipients in Hong Kong,

you are invited to fill in the questionnaire and return it to OFTA on or before 14 October 2009.

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Thank You

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Proposal on New Process forAssignment of Special Phone Numbers to End Users

Proposal on New Process forAssignment of Special Phone Numbers to End Users

(for discussion in BLG)(for discussion in BLG)

Annex 2

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What are Special Phone Numbers

Individual business, residential and mobile numbers which are attractive to end usersE.g. numbers with prefixes 2222, 6868 and/or with suffixes 3333, 8888 (i.e. with lucky digits such as 3 and 8 or easy remember patterns)Numbers with special meaning to users such as birthday, wedding anniversary, stock code number, etc.

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Existing Number Assignment Process

number blocksfor allocation to

operators

Phone Numbers under the control of OFTA

End Users

Operators

Individual numbers for assignment to end users

by random process/selection from a short list

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Proposal: New Process for Number Assignment

number blocksfor allocation to

operators

Phone Numbers under the control of OFTA

End Users

Operators

Individual numbers for assignment to end users

by random process/selection from a short list

special numbersfor assignment to end users by electronic auction(i.e. conducted by OFTA, or an agent nominated by OFTA)

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Merit of the New ProposalAlternative way to get new special numbers directly from OFTA via an electronic auction platformUsers can pick their preferred numbers more easilyProceeds for charity purpose Trade-off : need to bid (or pay) for the use of special numbers

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Views on the New ProposalAny interest on special numbersThe demand of special numbers from your organisationDeployment of electronic auction platform (i.e. similar to eBay, Yahoo)Any other views and concerns

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Survey on Special NumbersA survey on special numbers will be conducted by OFTA shortly- to collect views on the level of

satisfaction with the existing number assignment process and demand for the proposed arrangement

BLG members may return the completed questionnaire to OFTA

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Proposed Mandatory Implementation of the Building Energy Codes

Annex 3

Mandatory Implementation of BECPublic consultation concluded in March 2008Majority of the views supported the implementation of the mandatory scheme

Background

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After Public Consultation …Trade Task Force (include representatives from the hotel industry);Technical Task Force (include representatives from the hotel industry);Business Impact Assessment; andConsultation meetings with other bodies –

Business Liaison Group meeting with the hotel trade on 28 November 2008

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CoverageCommercial buildings (e.g. offices, shopping complex)Commercial portion and common areas of composite buildingsCommon areas of residential buildingsCommon areas of industrial buildings

Mandatory Implementation of the BEC

Educational buildingsCommunity buildings (e.g. community center, elderly home, youth center)Institutional buildings (e.g. fire station, police station)Municipal buildings (e.g. library, cultural centre)

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Hotels and guesthouses

CoverageCommercial buildings (e.g. offices, shopping complex)Commercial portion and common areas of composite buildingsCommon areas of residential buildingsCommon areas of industrial buildings

Mandatory Implementation of the BEC

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Hotels and guesthouses are now separately defined

Educational buildingsCommunity buildings (e.g. community center, elderly home, youth center)Institutional buildings (e.g. fire station, police station)Municipal buildings (e.g. library, cultural centre)Hospitals and clinics

Hotels and guesthouses

ExemptionsBuildings which the main electrical switch governing the electricity supply of the building has an approved loading of not exceeding 100A, 1-phase or 3-phase;New Territories Exempted Houses; Declared monuments;Buildings that will be demolished or redeveloped within 12 months;Certain categories of building services installations that are impractical to comply with the BEC owing to operational or technical grounds (e.g. installations for fire suppression or surgical operations); andBy written applications to the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services with justifications

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Post-enactment Buildings

Buildings that obtain the consent for commencement of works for superstructure construction from the Building Authority after the new legislation comes into operation

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Other building services installations serving individual units or common

areasPostPost--enactment enactment buildingsbuildings

Central Building services installations

with internal floor area <500m2

with internal floor area ≥500m2

(occupation approval stage)

Need to comply with the Building Energy Codes?

(occupation approval stage)

(occupation approval stage, for installations provided by

developers)(10-year renewal) (10-year renewal)

Need to obtain a Form of Compliance from registered energy assessors?

(major retrofitting works only)

(major retrofitting works only)

Need to obtain a Certificate of Compliance Registration from the EMSD?

Developers Owners Responsible persons (persons who hold or are in possession or control of the building or units, and may include owners, tenants) 8

Pre-enactment Buildings

Buildings that obtain the consent for commencement of works for superstructure construction from the Building Authority on or before the new legislation comes into operation

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Building services installations serving individual units or common areas

PrePre--enactment enactment buildingsbuildings

with internal floor area <500m2

with internal floor area ≥500m2

Need to comply with the Building Energy Codes?

(major retrofitting works only)

Need to obtain a Form of Compliance from registered energy assessor?

(major retrofitting works only)

Developers Owners Responsible persons (persons who hold or are in possession or control of the building or units, and may include owners, tenants)

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Major Retrofitting WorksAddition or replacement of a building services installation in the retrofitting works covering a floor area aggregated to or greater than 500 square meters under the same series of works within 12 months in a unit / common area; or Addition/replacement of a main component of the central BS installation, including –

a complete electrical circuit at rating ≥ 400A; ora unitary air-conditioner or a chiller at rating ≥ 350kW (cooling or heating); ormotor drive and mechanical drive of a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor.

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Energy Audits

Common areas of post-enactment and pre-enactment in –(a) commercial building;(b) commercial portion of a composite buildingOwners to arrange energy audits once every 10 yearsEnergy audit results to be exhibited in a conspicuous place at the main entrance of the building

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Registered energy assessorsRegistered professional engineers or corporate members of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and are in the following engineering disciplines –

Electrical;Mechanical;Building services; orEnvironmental

Relevant post-qualification working experience and knowledgeRegister of registered energy assessors will be available to the public

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Way Forward

Introduce the proposed legislation into the Legislative Council in 2009

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Hire Car Permit -Hotel Service

Annex 4

Background InformationBackground Information

According to s.52 of Cap.374 (The Road Traffic Ordinance), no person shall drive or use a private car or suffer or permit a private car to be driven or used, for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward unless a hire car permit is in force in respect of the private car.

A Hire Car is a private car used for carriage of passenger for hire or reward

Appearance of a Hire Car PermitAppearance of a Hire Car Permit

The hire car permit shall be displayed on the left-hand side of the vehicle’s windscreen

Hire Car Permits (HCP)

According to r.14 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, Cap.374D

the Commissioner may for the purpose of authorizing the use of aprivate car for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, issue in respect of the private car a hire car permit

Hire Car Permits (Cont’)

5 types of hire car services(a) hotel hire car service(b) tour hire car service(c) airport hire car service(d) school hire car service(e) private hire car service

Hotel Hire Car ServiceHotel Hire Car Service

An Hotel Service Hire Car Permit is issued –

in accordance with r.15 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulation (Cap.374D);

to the registered owner of a private car {r.14(2) of Cap.374D};

for the carriage of guests exclusively for one hotel for hire or reward.{r.15(1) of Cap.374D}

ApplicationApplication

Who can apply?1. The hotel proprietor2. A registered owner of a private car who is engaged by an hotel to

provide exclusive hotel hire car service for that hotel{r.15(1) of Cap.374D}

Validity PeriodA HCP shall be valid until the vehicle licence of the private car in respect of which the hire car permit is issued next expires{r.14(4) of Cap.374D}

Permit Fee$1,000/per year or $350/4 months{r.20 of Cap.374D}

Application (ContApplication (Cont’’))

Applications should be submitted to Public Vehicles Unit of the Transport Department with –

A completed application form (TD.259A)Supporting documents as listed in the form

Supporting DocumentsSupporting Documents

Support Documents include –HKID Card / Certificate of Incorporation (Certified true copy)Business Registration Certificate (Certified true copy)Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company if the applicant is a limited companyEvidence of hotel room rates and hire car services engaged for hotel guests for the past 3 monthsEvidence of hotel hire car booking system of the hotel (i.e. receipt sample/booking order sample)Evidence of maintenance and service facilities will be provided to the proposed hotel hire car(s)Registration document(s) of the proposed hire car(s) (copy)Written support by the hotel for the proposed hire car service

AssessmentAssessment

All applications for hire car permits will be considered by the Contract Hire Car Permits Selection Board which comprises representatives from -

Transport Advisory CommitteeTransport and Housing BureauTransport Department

Assessment criteria for hotel hire car permits mainly include –

Utilization history of hire car services of the hotelService standard and number of bedrooms of the hotel

Hire Car Permit ConditionsHire Car Permit Conditions

Hire Car activities are governed by Hire Car Permit Conditions {r.14(5) of Cap.374D}Some common Hire Car Permit Conditions include –

Should only provide hire car service exclusively for one particular hotelNo separate fareTouting is not allowedMust record the details of each trip before commencing

Other InformationOther Information

Renewal {r.16 of Cap.374D}Apply within 4 months immediately preceding the date of expiry of the existing HCPSame type of hire car service and the same private car New permit takes effect from the date of expiry of the existing one

Replacement of vehicle {r.16 of Cap.374D}The permit holder can apply for a replacement of vehicleA new permit will be issued to the replacement vehicle after theold permit is cancelled

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Transport Department