Home | Print | 繁體 | 简体
EMSD
 
 

Contents

• Congratulatory Message from the Secretary for the Environment
• Congratulatory Messages from the Gas Safety Advisory Committee
• Message from the Director
• Gas Supply Chain
• Milestones for Gas Safety
• Regulatory Framework
• Major Achievements
• Leading Role in Gas Safety
• Gas Safety Statistics
• Snapshots
• The Team
   
 

Gas safety work in Hong Kong gathered momentum in 1979 towards a more structured approach, when a fatal gas incident that year led to a death inquiry recommendation that the Government should appoint a Gas Safety Advisor. The Government then commissioned a consultancy study on town gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) operations and safety standards which recommended, among other things, the setting up of a Gas Standards Office (GasSO). With continuous improvement over the past three decades, Hong Kong is among the world’s top cities for gas safety performance.


About the Gas Standards Office
The GasSO was established in 1982 to prepare safety legislation and set up a regulatory framework for the gas industry. When the Gas Safety Ordinance came into effect in 1991, its role expanded into enforcement. Today it is responsible for:

• Administering a register of gas supply companies, gas contractors and installers, monitoring their performance, and enforcing safety measures as necessary.
• Monitoring the operation of all gas installations and associated facilities, and inspecting and approving the construction of new notifiable gas installations.
• Preparing and approving codes of practice, conducting regular inspections of gas installations, and approving domestic gas appliances.
• Conducting gas safety education programmes for the trade and the public via the media and GasSO publications, and leveraging events and competitions.