REPAIR ORDER MAP
Hong Kong's Statutory Repair Order Map: How Many Buildings in Your District Are Under Order?
Quick answer
Under section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance, the Buildings Department issues statutory repair orders to buildings with structural or drainage defects, and publishes the register via the government's CSDI open-data platform (updated monthly). We've compiled this register by all 18 Hong Kong districts to make it easier to see the distribution. This is a v1 dataset: due to the source data's address format, only some records could be confidently classified into a district (see the methodology below) — it is not a complete count of every case.
What is a statutory repair order?
Under section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance, the Buildings Department can issue a statutory repair order to a building with structural safety or drainage defects, requiring the owner to complete repairs within a set period. This dataset is the published, building-level record of registered orders.
Methodology (limitations stated honestly)
The source data has no direct district field. We classified buildings by matching known neighbourhood keywords (e.g. 'TSUEN WAN', 'KWAI CHUNG') against the English address field. This works reasonably well for New Territories addresses, which conventionally append an area name, but many Hong Kong Island and urban Kowloon addresses give only a building name and street with no area suffix, so those could not be classified this way. This is a simplified v1 method, not GIS-grade point-in-polygon boundary matching — a future version may use the source's latitude/longitude coordinates for more accurate district assignment.
District breakdown (statutory repair order register)
| District | Classified repair orders |
|---|---|
| Tsuen Wan | 80 |
| Tuen Mun | 49 |
| Kwai Tsing | 48 |
| Tai Po | 25 |
| Eastern | 24 |
| Sham Shui Po | 24 |
| Yuen Long | 20 |
| Kowloon City | 13 |
| Southern | 13 |
| Sha Tin | 10 |
| Kwun Tong | 7 |
| North | 6 |
| Yau Tsim Mong | 6 |
| Wan Chai | 6 |
| Wong Tai Sin | 3 |
| Islands | 2 |
| Central & Western | 1 |
| Sai Kung | 0 |
| Territory-wide total | 1193 |
Compiled by Siccora Waterproofing; not an official Buildings Department page. Data source: Government CSDI open-data platform — BD section 26 repair-order register (data checked on this page: 2026-07-14; covers 2026-06; unclassified records: 856). The source data updates monthly; due to address-format limitations, some records (currently about 72%) could not be classified to a district (see methodology above) — these are included in the territory-wide total but excluded from the district breakdown.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a repair order have to do with water seepage?
Statutory repair orders cover structural and drainage defects; seepage (especially structural seepage) can be one trigger, but the order's scope is broader than seepage alone. This dataset is a macro-level reference, not proof that any individual building's issue is seepage-related.
Why does my district show a low count?
It could reflect a genuinely lower count, or it could be that our current keyword-matching method couldn't confidently classify some of that district's records (see the methodology note). This is a v1 dataset and we'll keep improving the classification method.
How often is this updated?
The source data comes from the Buildings Department via the government's CSDI platform and updates monthly. We re-check and refresh this page on a similar cadence.