Railways Branch

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The Branch is the regulatory body of the MTR Lines, the Automated People Mover at the airport, the Hong Kong Tramways and the Peak Tramway. The role of the Branch is to oversee the safe operation of the above railways and tramways. The main functions of the Branch include: -

• investigating into railway and tramway incidents;

• ensuring the adoption of appropriate safety practices by the railway corporations;

• assessing and approving new railway and major railway modifications; and

• assessing and following up the railway corporations’ improvement measures.

Electricity and Energy Efficiency Branch

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The Branch encompasses the two divisions of the Energy Efficiency Office and another division dealing with electricity safety legislation.

The Energy Efficiency Office consists of Energy Efficiency Division A and Energy Efficiency Division B and is responsible for the development, implementation and promotion of programmes to improve energy efficiency, to conserve energy, and to encourage the wider adoption of renewable energy. The Office is also responsible for giving technical support to policy bureaux, and to the Energy Advisory Committee and its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sub-committee.

The Office is the enforcing body for the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance. The Office works to issue codes of practice, such as Building Energy Codes, establish guidelines, and is actively involved in working groups and related committees in the efficient use and conservation of electricity. Additional initiatives range from energy management to energy end-use database management, benchmarking, water-cooled air-conditioning systems, district water-cooled air conditioning systems, the exploration of advanced energy efficiency technologies, voluntary energy efficiency labelling scheme, voluntary energy efficiency registration scheme for buildings to promote wider use of new and renewable energy.

The Electricity Legislation Division is responsible for enforcement of the Electricity Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations. The Division's main duties are to ensure safe electrical installations, safe electrical products and the safe and reliable supply of electricity, as well as to promote safety practices and the safe use of electricity through public education.

Gas & General Legislation Branch

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The Branch encompasses the two divisions of the Gas Standards Office and another division dealing with general legislation.

The Gas Standards Office is the enforcing body of the Gas Safety Ordinance to control, in the interest of public safety, the importation, manufacture, storage, transport, supply and use of gas and other related matters. Within the scope of the Ordinance, the Office advises on engineering practice and systems maintenance in the gas industry, including investigations into gas-related incidents with a view to ascertaining causes and formulating recommendations for future preventive measures. The Office also undertakes inspections of LPG facilities in oil company terminals and at industrial and domestic premises. It is also actively involved in gas safety promotion and in specialist training of gas installers.

The General Legislation Division is responsible for public safety through the administration of a range of ordinances. Its main duties are to ensure safe operation of lifts, escalators, amusement rides, aerial ropeways, builders' lifts and tower working platforms.

Engineering Services Branch 1

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This Branch provides a wide range of services relating to vehicles, electrical, mechanical and electronics equipment. It comprises Airport and Vehicle Engineering Division (AVED), Transport, Security and Central Services Division (TSCSD), and Project Division (PD).

The AVED comprises two sectors of services: the airport sector and the vehicle sector. The airport sector undertakes operation and maintenance of electrical, mechanical, electronics, building services systems and equipment installed in the Hong Kong International Airport, Air Traffic Control Tower & Complex, and other government facilities mainly in Chek Lap Kok. Many of them are specialized airport engineering systems and related services such as airfield lighting systems, fixed ground power systems and baggage handling systems, etc. The vehicle sector maintains a fleet of over 6,000 vehicles of government departments and public bodies throughout the whole Hong Kong territories. It also prepares technical specifications and evaluation of new vehicles, and undertakes detailed design for construction and modification of specialist vehicles

The TSCSD provides three categories of services. The first category covers operation, maintenance, consultancy and project management services of building services, electrical, mechanical, air-conditioning and electronic installations of government departments in the transport and security sectors, as well as other services that may be required by all government department and public bodies, e.g. certification of lifting appliances, indoor air quality measurement, overhaul of swimming pool water treatment installations and sewage treatment plants. The second category is maintenance of electronic equipment such as traffic control and surveillance system at Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor, electronic scoreboards, sewage treatment monitoring and control facilities, traffic aids and signal systems, and fixed and mobile X-ray systems at border control points. The third category covers contractor monitoring and advisory services for Tsing Ma/Tsing Sha control areas and government vehicular tunnels' operation and maintenance activities.

The PD provides full-scale project management, consultancy and advisory services, covering a wide range of electronics, telecommunication, electrical and mechanical engineering, building services and solid waste management. The project management services include conceptual investigation, feasibility study, design, tendering, contract supervision, testing and commissioning.

Engineering Services Branch 2

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The Branch is made up of 3 divisions.

The General Engineering Services Division undertakes operation and maintenance of electrical, mechanical, electronics and building services systems and equipment in government offices, schools, community centres, courts, and specialised government buildings such as the wholesale food markets. The clients of the Division are most government departments and bureaux that are not served by other Divisions. The Division also works very closely with the Property Services Branch of the Architectural Services Department in building improvement and accommodation design projects and Project Management Branch of Architectural Services Department on project management of capital projects. The Division also serves as the building services adviser to the Education Bureau and the Social Welfare Department for installations in non-estate aided schools (including undertaking major and emergency repairs) and installations in subvented social welfare organisations respectively.

The Municipal Sector Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of air-conditioning, building services, electrical, mechanical and electronics equipment at postal centres, ferry terminals, cultural complexes, parks, games halls, library and market complexes etc. The major clients of the Division are the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Marine Department, the Hong Kong Post Office and the Tourist Commission.

The Health Sector Division undertakes operation and maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and building services equipment and systems installed in public hospitals, laundry, laboratories and clinics. Many systems and equipment are specialised hospital equipment such as the medical gas systems, the sterilisers, etc. The Division is also responsible for the preparation of specification, procurement and maintenance of patient-related biomedical equipment, pathological equipment and clinical laboratory equipment. Major clients of the Division are the Hospital Authority, the Department of Health, and the Government Laboratory.

Corporate Support and Business Development Branch

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The Branch is responsible for the formulation of strategies and plans to meet business objectives at corporate level, the overall management of all central supporting functions at corporate level and the direct management of training and development and contract advisory matters.

The Business Development Division is responsible for identifying and evaluating business environments, new business opportunities and needs of potential clients. It also provides central supporting functions on corporate planning, customer services, marketing, business support, quality and process standardization, safety, occupational health, environment, corporate computer system, computer applications, departmental network, data centre, centralized fault calls handling, store management and procurement at corporate level.