Procedures and Schedule of Charges for Access to Information Not Routinely Published

  1. Deputy Departmental Secretary/ General is designated as the Access to Information Officer of this Department. He is responsible for ensuring that requests for access to information under the Code are properly dealt with in accordance with the specified procedures.
  2. Requests for information or records held by the Department may be made by letter or on the prescribed application form which can be downloaded here. The form is also obtainable from the Reception Counter on the Ground Floor of the Civil Engineering and Development Building at 101 Princess Margaret Road, Homantin, Kowloon, or at the Public Enquiry Service Centres of the District Offices of the Home Affairs Department. The request form or letter should be sent to us by fax (no. 2714 0140) or by post addressed to:
    Access to Information Officer
    Administration Division
    Civil Engineering and Development Department
    14/F, Civil Engineering and Development Building
    101 Princess Margaret Road
    Homantin, Kowloon
  3. The following information is available for public inspection at the Department's Reception Counter in the Civil Engineering and Development Building
    1. Code on Access to Information (in English and Chinese);
    2. Guidelines on Interpretation and Application of the Code (in English);
    3. Administrative Procedures for Handling Written Requests for Information under the Code (in English);
    4. Procedures and Schedule of Charges for Access to Information Not Routinely Published (in English and Chinese);
    5. The Department's Performance Pledge (in English and Chinese);
    6. Organisation Chart of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (in English);
    7. List of publications and information routinely published (in English); and
    8. List of Records by Category (in English)
  4. Other than for publications which are available free-of-charge or at a specified cost, the following reproduction charges will be levied:
    Item Unit Charge
    Photocopy of A4 size:
    - Black and white HK$1.5 per page
    Photocopy of A3 size:
    - Black and white HK$1.6 per page
    Large Format Photocopy of Plans (B/W, Size 914 x 1189 mm) HK$45 per plan
    Digital Printing of A0/A1 size:
    - Black and white HK$165 per page
    - Colour HK$170 per page
  5. The above charges are subject to revision from time to time.
  6. Personal Data records relating to requests for access to information pursuant to the Code on Access to Information would be retained for four years.
  7. For enquiries, please approach Deputy Departmental Secretary/General at Room 1402, 14/F, Civil Engineering and Development Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Homantin, Kowloon or call 2762 5090 during office hours.