Code : 2023019
Event Name : Short Course (6) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations
CPD Code : Formal Events
Speaker : Sr Terry KY NG
MSc, MHKIS, MRICS, RetMCIOB
Former Senior Building Surveyor of Buildings Department
Event Date : 2023-03-18
Event Time : 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Registration Closing Date : 2023-03-11
CPD Hour(s) : 3
Venue : By online media – ZOOM
Division : YSG
Organizer : Young Surveyors Group
Fee : HK$320 for HKIS members; HK$400 for non members; Free of charge for full time degree student members (subject to availability)
Priority : YSG Members; First-come-first-served
Language : Cantonese supplemented by English
Details :

This course is mainly for probationers and young practitioners and consists of 6 half-day events.

Building (Planning) Regulations (B(P)Rs) and the related sections of the Buildings Ordinance (BO), aim at achieving a sustainable environment in Hong Kong for the planning, design and construction of private buildings including projections, heights, site coverage, plot ratio, open spaces, lanes, lighting and ventilation, staircases, fire escapes and access for firefighting and rescue purposes, temporary buildings, hoardings, covered walkways and gantries etc.

To promulgate the application, administration and enforcement the provisions of Building (Planning) Regulations, the Building Authority (BA), as a public authority to approve the building works whether for new building works or alteration & addition works, has issued a number of practice notes, code of practice and design manual on compliance with the requirements, which unarguably play an important role in the building control mechanism.

Participants can understand and update on the control regime for property development through this 6-half-day short course on building control. In this course, the speaker will share his experience and examine the difficulties in interpretation & implication of Building (Planning) Regulations and related sections of the Buildings Ordinance in a practical manner with the content mainly summarized below:-

  1. Commonly adoptable sections of the BO by BA with the illustration of Wang Fung Terrace (FACV 7/14), the article titled “New building and extension” published in the Surveyors Times Jan 2011, the article titled “Concept and Misconception” published in the Surveyors Times Feb 2012, the article titled “Footbridge” published in the Surveyors Times Aug 2012, the article titled “Expiry of building approval” published in the Surveyors Times March 2018, the article titled “New Regulations” published in the Surveyors Times June 2020;
  2. Commonly adoptable B(P)Rs by BA with the illustration of Carson Mansion 1994 WL1063375 (Privy Council) & Mei Foo Sun Chuen HCAL 51/2011, the article titled “A Way Out For Development Intensity” published in the Surveyors Times June 2011 and the article titled “Lane” published in the Surveyors Times July 2011, the article titled “Horizontal plane” published in the Surveyors Times November 2021; and
  3. Commonly adoptable sections of Part A – Introduction & Part B – Means of Escape of Fire Safety Code 2011 by BA with the illustration of the article titled “A Few Tricky Queries on Means of Escape” published in the Surveyors Times June 2011.

Date and Time

Course Title

Course Code

11 Feb 2023 (Sat)

 9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (1) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023014

18 Feb 2023 (Sat)

 9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (2) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023015

25 Feb 2023 (Sat)

 9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (3) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023016

4 Mar 2023 (Sat)

9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (4) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023017

11 Mar 2023 (Sat)

 9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (5) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023018

18 Mar 2023 (Sat)

 9:30am to 12:30pm

Short Course (6) - Experience Sharing on the Application of Building (Planning) Regulations

2023019

Remarks :

**PQSL hours shall be determined by the APC candidate's respective Division

Most content in this short course would be same as the course held in 2022 and there will be more content in the course 2023 with update, broader and in greater depth.

The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Successful registrants will be notified separately via email with the web link and password in due course to the online event.

Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download

  • For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store.
  • For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.
Payment : HKD 320
Face-to-Face/Zoom : By Zoom