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Shau Kei Wan Centre Block 1
筲箕灣中心１座
9 FACTORY ST SHAUKIWAN CENTRE (BLK 1)
2 red flags
Each item below appears on the Buildings Department's published list of orders issued for this building. Where an order applies, the owners pay.
- Age
- 44yrs
- Storeys
- 22F
- Height
- 66m
- District
- Eastern
Source: Buildings Department Completed new buildings for which occupation permits have been issued (monthly) · retrieved by KongInsight 31 Aug 2026
Buildings Department orders on record
Unauthorised building works removal order
Buildings Ordinance s.24An order requiring unauthorised building works to be removed. ⚠️ This dataset covers removal orders served from 1 May 2023 onward only.
Buildings Department page →Mandatory window inspection notice
MWISA statutory notice requiring the building's windows to be inspected. Smaller than MBIS, but it still has a deadline and the owners still pay.
Buildings Department page →
Source: Buildings Department Statutory Orders issued on unauthorised building works of the buildings (monthly) · Buildings Department Statutory Notices issued on prescribed inspection/repair for windows (monthly) · retrieved by KongInsight 16 Sep 2026
Legal thresholds already crossed
44 years old — inside the mandatory inspection scheme
Private buildings enter the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme at 30 years and can be selected at any time. Banks also shorten mortgage tenor on older buildings, which changes what a buyer can borrow.
Also on record at this address
Government registers matched to this building's footprint — management, lifts, licensed premises and planning applications.
Building management
Incorporated Owners: SHAUKIWAN CENTRE (IO no. 2639)
9 lifts with an EMSD use permit
Source: Land Registry Index of Owners' Corporations (OC) (monthly) · Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Statutory Orders and Notices under the Lifts and Escalators Ordinance (daily) · retrieved by KongInsight 16 Sep 2026
Who lives around here · 2021 Census
- Median household income / month
- HK$41,140
- Median rent / month
- HK$14,000
- Households renting
- 47%
- Aged 65 and over
- 17%
Census neighbourhood 16113. Median rent includes public-housing tenants.
Source: Census and Statistics Department 2021 Population Census — Small Tertiary Planning Unit statistics (every 10 years) · retrieved by KongInsight 16 Sep 2026
Average private rents & prices · Hong Kong Island
| under 431 ft² | $48.5rent $/ft²/mo | $13,700price $/ft² |
| 431–752 ft² | $40.2rent $/ft²/mo | $14,188price $/ft² |
| 753–1,075 ft² | $43.2rent $/ft²/mo | $16,925price $/ft² |
Rating and Valuation Department averages, 2026-02–2026-07, saleable area. General reference only — not a valuation of this building.
Source: Rating and Valuation Department Property Market Statistics — Private Domestic (monthly) · retrieved by KongInsight 16 Sep 2026
Matched by location, not by file number: records whose government coordinates fall inside this building's footprint (±6 m). Confirm with the department before relying on a record.
Is it just this building, or the whole street?
Within 300 m there are 264 buildings on record, and 35 of them also have Buildings Department orders on record, average age 48 years.
Few buildings within 300 m have orders on record — this is not a neighbourhood-wide pattern.
Across Eastern district, 531 of the 1604 buildings with data have orders on record. All buildings with orders on record in Eastern →
Source: Buildings Department Statutory Orders issued on unauthorised building works of the buildings (monthly) · Buildings Department Statutory Notices issued on prescribed inspection/repair for buildings (monthly) · Buildings Department Statutory Notices issued on prescribed inspection/repair for windows (monthly) · Buildings Department Statutory Orders issued on dangerous buildings (monthly) · retrieved by KongInsight 16 Sep 2026
What this page can't show — on the map
The order records are one part of the picture. Open the map at this building's exact spot to see:
- Sunlight, floor by floorOpen the 3D model (most buildings have one) and tap any spot on the façade — sunlight is worked out against the real buildings around it.
- Flooding blackspots and slopes nearbyGovernment flooding blackspots, registered man-made slopes and landslip warning signs around this address.
- Orders on the buildings around itMandatory building and window inspection notices, unauthorised works and dangerous building orders, on every building nearby.
- Schools nearbyPrimary and secondary schools around this address.
Verify it yourself
All of the above comes from Hong Kong government open data. Confirm through the official channels before you act on it.
Nearby buildings with a record
Each of these has its own page with the full order record.
Check another building
English or Chinese name, or the street. e.g. Mt Parker Lodge / Queen's Rd
What this page cannot tell you
- The Buildings Department publishes orders issued and orders cleared as two separate lists, with different start dates, and never publishes which are still outstanding. Treat this as "has been under an order", not "is under an order". Confirm with the BD before relying on it.
- Records are per BUILDING, not per flat — an order does not mean the specific unit you are viewing has a problem.
- The unauthorised-works data covers removal orders served from 1 May 2023 onward only. No record ≠ no unauthorised works.
- Building age covers structures with a known occupation record, not every building in Hong Kong.
- This page is generated automatically from open data. It is not a building survey, and it is not legal or investment advice.