Microsoft Word - All-RCBLG_8_v4a_finalized_.docWith the Trade of Recreational Clubs
Date: 27 August 2010 (Friday) Time: 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Venue: Room 150, 1/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices Convenor: Mr CHAN Wah-chan Head, Business Facilitation Division,
Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit Attendees: Trade Representatives The Helena May Mrs Betty SIMPSON General Manager LaPage & Orr Mr Ronnie ORR Managing Director The Hebe Haven Yacht Club Mr Michael FRANCO General Manager Club de Recreio Mr Vasco Da COSTA General Manager Police Sports and Recreation Club Mr Patrick CHAN Manager Mr Wai-shuen AU Assistant Manager Victoria Recreation Club Mr Frank PFEIFFER Honorary Secretary Mr Kuldip SINGH Assistant India Club Mr Nanu LACHMAN President Government Representatives Home Affairs Department (HAD) Mr T C YU Chief Officer (Licensing Authority) Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) Ms Kitty CHEUNG Superintendent (Licensing)
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Buildings Department (BD) Mr Norman POON Building Surveyor/Licensing(SD) Environment Bureau (ENB) Mr Kent FUNG Assistant Secretary for the Environment (Energy) Electrical & Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) Mr Michael WONG Electrical & Mechanical Engineer/Project7/2 Efficiency Unit (EU) Mr Patrick KONG Senior Management Services Officer Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit (EABFU) Mr Derek CHAN Chief Management Services Officer (Secretary) Miss Jenny YEUNG Project Officer Action
The Convenor welcomed all to attend the meeting.
Confirmation of the notes of the 7th BLG meeting
2. The meeting confirmed the notes of the last meeting without amendment.
Matters arising from last meeting
The feasibility of introducing multi-year licence for recreational clubs
3. Mr T C YU reported that the current situation did not warrant the introduction of multi-year Certificate of Compliance (CoC) because HAD was concerned that its introduction would render the control of sham clubs more difficult. Both Mr Ronnie ORR and Mr Nanu LACHMAN opined that the introduction of multi-year CoC would save time and resources for both the trade and HAD. Mr YU responded that legislative amendments would be required before multi-year CoC could be introduced. Therefore, it was not the appropriate time for its introduction.
4. Mr YU advised the meeting that HAD would introduce a checklist to facilitate the trade in completing applications for renewal of CoC. From time to time, HAD had to return renewal application forms to the applicants because they were not completed properly nor were all
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Action the required supporting documents being submitted to HAD. The time taken for processing renewal applications was thus lengthened. The introduction of the proposed checklist would help resolve the problem. Initially, this checklist would be attached with the reminders issued by HAD to the trade for CoC renewal. The department planned to upload it to HAD’s website for the trade’s reference.
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Application procedure of multiple permits for restricted food items
5. Ms Kitty CHEUNG told the meeting that the application procedures of permits for sale of restricted food items were very simple. If several permits for the same premises were applied for at the same time, applicants could fill in one single application form by ticking the appropriate boxes of permits on the form and submit it with a simple sketch of the premises concerned. The FEHD would then issue relevant letters of requirements for the applicant to comply with. After the trade reported compliance, FEHD would conduct a site inspection for all the permits applied for on the same premises in one go.
6. In response to Mr Frank PFEIFFER, Ms CHEUNG said that permit(s) would be required for the sale of restricted food items such as milk, non-bottled drinks etc., and food sold by means of coin-operated vending machines. Mr Derek CHAN tabled a copy of the application form and supplemented that the items requiring restricted food permits were listed on the form. The application form can be downloaded from FEHD’s website (http://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/forms/permit.html). Upon request by the trade, Mr Derek CHAN said he would send the application form for restricted food permits to the trade members after the meeting.
(Post-meeting note: The application form for restricted food permits was sent to trade members on 3 September 2010.)
BLG secretariat
7. Both Mr Vasco Da COSTA and Mr LACHMAN enquired whether a licence would be required for contracted-out catering service which provided food for the consumption of the guests on the club premises. Ms CHEUNG clarified that the FEHD would not require
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Action food business licence for catering services provided within the club premises, but restricted food permits were required for the sale of restricted food items on the club premises.
8. In response to Mr LACHMAN, Ms CHEUNG clarified that though clubs were exempted from obtaining food business licences, the FEHD would conduct inspections on catering services situated within the club premises to advise on food hygiene issues.
Online Licence Services for Applications for Liquor Licences and Club Liquor Licences
9. Mr Patrick KONG briefed the meeting on the “Online Licence Services for Applications for Liquor Licences and Club Liquor Licences” with the presentation slides at Annex 1.
10. Mr LACHMAN enquired whether an advertisement for the application would still be required if the application was submitted through this online system. Mr KONG replied that an advertisement for liquor licence application was required regardless of the application channel. Ms CHEUNG supplemented that the advertisement should be posted after the acknowledgment letter was issued to the applicant by the FEHD licensing office upon acceptance of the application.
11. In response to Mrs Betty SIMPSON, Mr KONG said that the licensing office would still send a letter of notification to each applicant by post for renewal applications submitted through this online system.
12. Mr ORR enquired whether there were any performance pledges for the departments concerned in handling applications through this system. Ms CHEUNG advised that the licensing offices normally required the departments concerned to comment on a liquor licence application within 15 working days.
13. Mr Patrick CHAN enquired about the time taken for transferral application of club liquor licence and whether residential address should be used in the advertisement for liquor licence application. Ms CHEUNG advised that it normally took 8 weeks for a non-contested case and 8-10 weeks for a contested case. She confirmed that a correspondence address (not necessarily the applicant’s residential address) could be used for the advertisement.
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Action 14. Ms CHEUNG supplemented that layout plans should be submitted in person to the licensing office of FEHD. For applicants without digital certificates, they could still fill in the application form online and send it as an advance copy to the licensing offices through the system. To complete the application process, these applicants should print the completed application forms, sign on the relevant parts and send the signed copies to the licensing office by post or by despatch within one month. The licensing office would start processing the application upon receipt of the duly signed form. Mr KONG added that when the applicants renewed the licences, their personal particulars would be automatically shown on the online application form if the application forms were submitted through this online system before.
Buildings Energy Efficiency Funding Schemes
15. Mr Michael WONG briefed the meeting on the “Buildings Energy Efficiency Funding Schemes (BEEFS)” with the presentation slides at Annex 2.
16. Mrs SIMPSON enquired about the application process and the approval criteria for the Energy-cum-carbon Audit Project (ECA) and the Energy Efficiency Project (EEP). Mr Kent FUNG replied that for both types of projects, the applicant should engage a qualified service provider in certifying the ECA audit report or certifying the EEP detailed scope, supervising the project and certifying the completion reports. The applicant should submit the application with an estimated budget to the EMSD, which would then submit a recommendation to the Energy Conservation Projects Vetting Subcommittee (ECPVSC) for approval if the budget was considered reasonable. An application should be approved by ECPVSC before the commencement of the project, and the funding would normally be disbursed on reimbursement basis in phases. For details of the application procedure and the guideline for application, the trade could refer to the BEEFS website: http://www.building-energy-funds.gov.hk/en/index.html.
17. Mrs SIMPSON enquired about the current position of the proposed mandatory implementation of the Building Energy Codes. Mr FUNG undertook to convey the question to the subject officer of ENB for response.
ENB
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Action (Post-meeting note: The ENB reported that the Government completed a three-month public consultation in 2008 on the proposed mandatory implementation of the Building Energy Codes (BEC). Since the majority of views received supported the proposal, the Government pledged in the 2009-10 Policy Address to legislate for the mandatory implementation of the BEC. The Buildings Energy Efficiency Bill was introduced into the Legislative Council in December 2009 and was being scrutinised by a Bills Committee. It was estimated that for new buildings, the implementation of the proposal would result in electricity saving of 2.8 billion kWh in the first decade, which would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions of 1.96 million tonnes.)
Any other business
18. Mrs SIMPSON opined that it was difficult to find suitable upholstered furniture filled with PU foam complying with the flammability standard. It was very costly to send the PU foam sample to an overseas laboratory to conduct a flammability test. Mr YU responded that the same fire safety requirement had been imposed on other types of licensed premises. He encouraged the trade to share amongst themselves information on suppliers of PU foam filled upholstered furniture with the required flammability test certificate.
Date of next meeting
19. The BLG Secretary would inform members of the date of the next meeting in due course.
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Background
2008-09 Policy Address: “We will make early preparations to meet the challenge of climate change. In particular, we will enhance energy efficiency, use clean fuels, rely less on fossil fuel, and promote a low carbon economy – an economy based on low energy consumption and low pollution.”

The power generation accounts for 62% of the total local greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and buildings account for 89% of the total electricity consumption. Hence, over 50% GHG emissions related to the energy consumption of buildings.
Reducing electricity consumption of buildings by improving their energy efficiency is important in bringing down our GHG emissions and improving our air quality.
Promoting Buildings Energy Efficiency
$150 million to subsidize energy-cum-carbon audits
$300 million to subsidize energy efficiency projects
Allocate $450 million under the Environment and Conservation Fund to promote the public to take concrete actions to enhance buildings energy efficiency

Eligibility of applicants :: Owners’ Corporations, owners’ organizations or residents’ organizations
Scope : Communal areas of residential, commercial and industrial buildings
Date open for Application :Date open for Application : From 8 April 2009

Amount of Grant
Energy-cum-carbon Audit Projects A limit of 50% of the approved total actual expenditure spent subject to a maximum of $150,000 per building per application
Energy Efficiency Projects A limit of 50% of the approved total actual expenditure spent subject to a maximum of $500,000 per building per application

1,174Total
8,130650524Total

Residential 61%
Residential + Commercial
Energy Efficiency Projects Building type of received Energy Efficiency Projects applications

Residential 70%
Residential + Commercial

Approved Applications
Up to 13 July 2010, 464 funding applications, amounting to $143.3 million have been approved. The total saving in electricity consumption is estimated at 78.5 million kWh per annum, which will bring about a reduction of 54,925 tonnes of carbon emissions and creation of 27, 214 man-month jobs.
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Building type and number of approved Energy-cum- carbon Audit Projects applications

Residential 68%
Residential + Commercial
Building type and number of approved Energy Efficiency Projects applications
Residential 74%
Residential + Commercial
Lighting + Electrical 3%
Lighting, Air- Conditioning +

Buildings Energy Efficiency Funding Schemes
The Schemes have been well received by the community since its launch from April 2009. Taking account that there are a total of 41,000 buildings in Hong Kong, up to 13 July 2010, about one in six buildings have submitted applications. Single and multiple building each takes up about half of the total applications. Applications involved a wide variety of buildings, e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, buildings under Home Ownership Scheme and Tenants Purchase Scheme. After the payback period, the saving in electricity tariff could help reduce the building management fee.
Succeed to mobilize owners of different building types to join hands with us on the promotion of the building energy efficiency. The awareness of the community on energy efficiency and reduction in GHG emissions has also been raised.

Since 2009, over 60 briefings have given to property owners, district councils, local organisations, professional, trade and training institutes, property developers and property management companies.
Promote Green Economy To complement the launch of the Schemes, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers, Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch) and Open University of Hong have conducted 19 seminars/trainings with over 800 participants. VTC has also set up two courses for technicians and workers in the trade. There are more than 350 qualified service providers for energy- cum-carbon audit projects. Their names and contact details have been uploaded to the website of the Schemes.

Please visit the following website for details of the Schemes:
www.building-energy-funds.gov.hk