Less than 100 days Remain under the Property Management Industry Licensing Regime Transitional Period
Property Management Services Authority Launches New Series of TV and Radio Announcements in the Public Interest
and Appeals that the Public should Pay Attention to Whether the Property Management Companies Engaged by their Properties Are Licensed

Less than 100 days remain for the three-year transitional period under the property management (PM) industry licensing regime (up to 31 July this year). The Property Management Services Authority (PMSA) will launch tomorrow a new series of TV and radio announcements in the public interest (APIs) and appeal that the public should pay attention to and verify as to whether the property management companies (PMCs) engaged by their properties are licensed, in order to avoid such PMCs from not being able to comply with the law, thereby not being able to continue to provide PM services after the transitional period and thus causing inconvenience to the daily life of the public.

In addition, the new TV API also features the “licensed PMC” sticker issued by the PMSA which helps members of the public distinguish easily if a PMC is licensed. The design of the sticker highlights licensed PMCs’ commitment in upholding the three core values of the PM industry, i.e. “Quality”, “Integrity” and “Advancement”, when providing their services.  Licensed PMCs participating in the sticker campaign will display the stickers in prominent locations of the properties where PM services are provided to demonstrate that they are licensed as well as their willingness and determination to achieve the above service standards. The aforementioned APIs will be broadcast by television and radio stations from tomorrow onwards and the TV API has already been uploaded onto the PMSA website (www.pmsa.org.hk/en/information-centre/publicity/) for public access.

Chairperson of the PMSA Dr James WONG said, “Through launching a new series of TV and radio APIs, the PMSA wishes to appeal for members of the public to pay attention to and verify as to whether the PMCs they have engaged or plan to engage hold valid licence issued by the PMSA, so as to avoid their PM services affected after the transitional period. If the PMC engaged is required to be licensed but has yet to apply for licence, the owners’ organisation should ask the PMC to draw up timetable for licence application and initiate the procedures immediately. PMCs may make an appointment soonest possible through the PMSA PMC licence application hotline (3696 1157) for submitting application at a suitable timeslot. Otherwise the PMSA cannot guarantee the issue of licence by the end of July before the transitional period of the licensing regime ends.”

Since the implementation of the PM industry licensing regime from 1 August 2020, the PMSA has already received licence application from nearly 650 PMCs (and over 20 have made appointment to submit licence application), of which 480 have already been licensed successfully (and over 40 have also largely completed the licensing process), providing PM services to over 2 million private units subject to deeds of mutual covenant in Hong Kong, including residential estates or single-block buildings, offices, industrial buildings, carparks, shopping malls, composite buildings, etc.

​​​​​​​Members of the public may verify as to whether the PMCs they have engaged are licensed through the following ways: