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Five-day week in the Government

  1. To tie in with Government's five-day week plan, the business hours of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) are extended on weekdays. Effective from 1 July 2006, the new opening hours for various offices will generally be changed to 8:45 am to 6:00 pm from Monday to Friday, inclusive of one-hour lunch break.
  2. Starting 1 July 2006, opening hours of the following front-line/counter services will be :

    Front-line/counter services Weekday Saturday / Sunday

    Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre

    Block S4, Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui

    Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
    8:45 am to 6:15 pm
    (Monday and Thursday
    Closed)
    Open
    (Saturday
    8:45 am to 6:15 pm
    Sunday
    11:00 am to 9:00 pm)

    Communication Resource Unit

    8/F., Fa Yuen Street, Municipal Services Building, 123A Fa Yuen Street, MongKok

    Monday to Friday
    8:45 am to 1:00 pm;
    2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
    Closed

    Restaurant Licensing Resource Centre

    4/F., Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building, 333 Ki Lung Street, Sham Shui Po

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 1:00 pm;
    2:00 pm to 5:45 pm
    Closed

    Pay Office of FEHD

    42/F., Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway

    Monday to Friday
    8:45 am to 12:30 pm;
    1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
    Closed

    Shroff service of Hawker and Market Offices - Hong Kong & Islands, Kowloon, the New Territories*

    (* For the New Territories, the service is provided by the respective District Environmental Hygiene Offices i.e. Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, North, Tai Po, Sai Kung, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long.)

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 12:30 pm;
    2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
    Closed

    Shroff service of Licence Issuing Offices - Hong Kong & Islands, Kowloon, the New Territories

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 12:30 pm;
    2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
    Closed

    Counter for Application and Collection of Import Licence

    43/F., Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 1:00 pm,
    2:00 pm to 5:45 pm
    Closed

    (Payment of departmental and related charges may be made at the Pay Office of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department or by post. For market stall rent, payment may be made at Post Offices, by post, by using Payment by Phone Service (PPS), through Internet, or through the Automated Teller Machine (ATM).)

  3. The business hours of the following services will remain unchanged on or after 1 July 2006:

    Offices/Services Weekday Saturday Sunday
    Duty Room (For reporting food complaint / poisoning, removal of dead animals and other emergencies) 24 hours Open
    (24 hours)
    Open
    (24 hours)

    Cremation Booking Office

    • 18/F., Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
    • 1/F., Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shu Po
    Monday to Friday
    9:15 am to 12:30 pm;
    2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
    Open
    (9:15 am to 12:30 pm)
    Closed

    Permit Offices of Cemeteries and Crematoria Section

    • G/F., 1 J Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley
    • 1/F., 6 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom
    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 1:00 pm;
    2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
    Open
    (9:00 am to 12:00 noon)
    Closed

    Cape Collinson Crematorium and Diamond Hill Crematorium

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 6:00 pm
    Open
    (9:00 am to 6:00 pm)
    Open
    (9:00 am to 6:00 pm)

    Fu Shan Crematorium and Kwai Chung Crematorium

    Monday to Friday
    8:30 am to 6:00 pm
    Open
    (8:30 am to 6:00 pm)
    Open
    (8:30 am to 6:00 pm)

    Wo Hop Shek Crematorium

    Monday to Friday
    8:30 am to 5:30 pm
    Open
    (8:30 am to 5:30 pm)
    Open
    (8:30 am to 5:30 pm)

    Cheung Chau Crematorium

    Monday to Friday
    9:00 am to 5:30 pm
    Open
    (9:00 am to 5:30 pm)
    Open
    (9:00 am to 5:30 pm)
  4. For enquiries, please contact -
    1. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department hotline (tel: 2868 0000 (24 hours), fax: 2869 0169, or email: enquiries@fehd.gov.hk); or
    2. "1823" (tel: 1823, fax: 2760 1823, email: tellme@1823.gov.hk, or on-line form: http://www.1823.gov.hk/english/enquiry.htm)
  5. Please visit the central website on "five-day week in the Government" at http://info.gov.hk/info/5day/eng/index.htm for more information.
Last revision date: 26 Jul 2017