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class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">1,547.3 m <a href="/wiki/HKD" class="mw-redirect" title="HKD">HKD</a> (2008-09) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.budget.gov.hk/2008/eng/pdf/head063.pdf">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Mrs Alice Cheung, <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace#Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">JP</a>, Director of Home Affairs</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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title="Office of the Government Chief Information Officer">Office of the Government Chief Information Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innovation_and_Technology_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Innovation and Technology Commission">Innovation and Technology Commission</a></li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Civil_Service" title="Hong Kong Civil Service">Hong Kong Civil Service</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Officer_(Hong_Kong)" title="Administrative Officer (Hong Kong)">Administrative Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Appointments_System" title="Political Appointments System">Political Appointments System</a></li></ul></dd></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #8C0046;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Legislature</div><div 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camp">Localist camp</a></li></ul></dd></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #8C0046;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Court_of_Final_Appeal" title="Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal">Court of Final Appeal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Court_of_Final_Appeal" title="Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cheung" title="Andrew Cheung">Andrew Cheung</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Hong_Kong" title="High Court of Hong Kong">High Court</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Judge_of_the_High_Court_of_Hong_Kong" title="Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong">Chief Judge</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Poon_Shiu-chor" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor">Jeremy Poon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Hong_Kong)" title="Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)">Court of Appeal</a> <ul><li>President of the Court of Appeal</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_First_Instance_(Hong_Kong)" title="Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)">Court of First Instance</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Hong_Kong)" title="District Court (Hong Kong)">District Court</a> </p> <ul><li>Chief District Judge: Justin Ko</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_Court_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrates' Court (Hong Kong)">Magistrates' Court</a> </p> <ul><li>Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak</li></ul> <p>Special courts and tribunals: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong#The_Coroner’s_Court" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Coroner’s Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong#The_Labour_Tribunal" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Labour Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lands_Tribunal_(Hong_Kong)" title="Lands Tribunal (Hong Kong)">Lands Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Misconduct_Tribunal" title="Market Misconduct Tribunal">Market Misconduct Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong#The_Obscene_Articles_Tribunal" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Obscene Articles Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong#The_Small_Claims_Tribunal" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Small Claims Tribunal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #8C0046;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Hong_Kong" title="Districts of Hong Kong">Districts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><a 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It reports to the <a href="/wiki/Home_and_Youth_Affairs_Bureau" title="Home and Youth Affairs Bureau">Home and Youth Affairs Bureau</a>, headed by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_for_Home_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary for Home Affairs">Secretary for Home Affairs</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Home_Affairs_Department&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The department is responsible for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_Administration_Scheme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District Administration Scheme (page does not exist)">District Administration Scheme</a>, community building and community involvement activities, minor <a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Hong_Kong" title="Environment of Hong Kong">environmental improvement projects</a> and minor local public works, and the licensing of <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Hong_Kong" title="Tourism in Hong Kong">hotels and guesthouses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedspace_apartment" title="Bedspace apartment">bedspace apartments</a> and clubs. It promotes the concept of effective building management and works closely with <a href="/wiki/Government_departments_and_agencies_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong">other government departments</a> to consistently improve the standard of building management in Hong Kong. It monitors the provision of new arrival services and identifies measures to meet the needs of new arrivals. It also disseminates information relating to and, where necessary, promotes the public's understanding of major government policies, strategies and development plans; and collects and assesses public opinion on relevant issues affecting the community. These responsibilities are discharged primarily through the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Hong_Kong" title="Districts of Hong Kong">18 district offices</a> covering the whole of Hong Kong. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Home_Affairs_Department&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG/220px-HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG/330px-HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG/440px-HK_Stanley_Home_Affairs_Dept.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>An office in Stanley</figcaption></figure> <p>For a long time the department was the only channel of communication between the people and the government. It used to be headed by the <a href="/wiki/Registrar_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Registrar General">Registrar General</a>, who was also called the 'Protector of the Chinese'. <a href="/wiki/Au_Fung-Chi" title="Au Fung-Chi">Fung-Chi Au</a> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">區鳳墀</span>; <a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Cantonese Yale</a>: <i><span lang="yue-Latn">Āu Fuhng Chìh</span></i>; 1847–1914), who was the teacher of Chinese literature for <a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen" title="Sun Yat-sen">Sun Yat-sen</a>, was the Secretary of the Department of Chinese Affairs (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">華民政務司署總書記</span>; <a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Cantonese Yale</a>: <i><span lang="yue-Latn">Wàh'màhn Jingmouh Sīchyúh Júngsyūgei</span></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1913 the department was called the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. After the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots">1967 riots</a>, the colonial government introduced the City District Officer Scheme (民政主任) "as the first sign of reaching out to the ordinary people" in Hong Kong society.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was renamed the Home Affairs Department in 1971 because, according to the government, the department dealt not only with matters relating to the Chinese. The first <a href="/wiki/Secretary_for_Home_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary for Home Affairs">Secretary for Home Affairs</a> was <a href="/wiki/Donald_Luddington" title="Donald Luddington">Donald Luddington</a>. </p><p>In February 2021, the Home Affairs Department announced that pro-democracy district council members would be excluded from government-linked organizations that focus on neighborhood issues.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2021, <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Yuen" title="Ramon Yuen">Ramon Yuen</a> said that officials from the department had selectively trimmed his discussion about a <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Hong Kong protests">pro-democracy protest</a> from the official record.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area_committees">Area committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Home_Affairs_Department&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Area committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Area_committee" title="Area committee">Area committees</a> were formed in districts in 1972 primarily to promote public participation in the <a href="/wiki/Keep_Hong_Kong_Clean_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign">Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fight_Violent_Crime_Campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fight Violent Crime Campaign (page does not exist)">Fight Violent Crime Campaign</a>. Nowadays, the functions of area committees are to encourage public participation in district affairs, to advise and assist in the organisation of community involvement activities and the implementation of government-sponsored initiatives, and advise on issues of a localised nature affecting the area. Throughout the years, area committees have played an important role in the districts and in providing a link between the local community and the district office. Area committee members are appointed by the Director of Home Affairs and are drawn from a wide spectrum of the community including district council members of the area concerned. At present, there are 70 area committees throughout Hong Kong. In general, each area committee serves an area with a population, including residents and mobile population (workers, shoppers, tourists etc.), of about 80,000 to 100,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mutual_Aid_Committees">Mutual Aid Committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Home_Affairs_Department&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mutual Aid Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A mutual aid committee is a voluntary body formed by the residents of a building. Mutual aid committees were promoted initially in private multi-storey buildings, and quickly extended to public housing estates, industrial buildings, temporary housing and squatter areas. As at March 31, 2004, there were 3,103 mutual aid committees throughout <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon">Kowloon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a>. The primary aims of a mutual aid committee are to promote a sense of friendliness, mutual help and responsibility among members, and to promote better security, a better environment and, generally, more effective management within the building. These committees provide a channel of two-way communication between the Government and the residents on matters affecting the well-being of the individual and the community and also provide opportunities for residents to participate in community activities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Owners'_Corporation"><span id="Owners.27_Corporation"></span>Owners' Corporation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Home_Affairs_Department&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Owners' Corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Owners' Corporation is a legal entity formed under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Building_Management_Ordinance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Building Management Ordinance (page does not exist)">Building Management Ordinance</a> by the owners of a private building. Owners' corporations are statutory bodies vested with certain legal powers to facilitate the management of a building. 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