Today was the fifth day of phased arrangements for residents of seven blocks of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po to return to their units.
Five low-zone floors of Wang Cheong House and 10 middle-zone floors of Wang Yan House were opened. A total of 417 people from 117 households registered to return to their units today through the “one social worker per household” service, while 413 people from 114 households actually turned up. The Government said the access arrangements were carried out in an orderly manner.
The average time residents spent entering and leaving the building today was two hours and 28 minutes, with the shortest time being 20 minutes and the longest three hours and 52 minutes.
About 24% of the residents stayed in the building for less than two hours, while around 4% of the residents stayed for less than one hour.
A total of 129 people from 61 households went up and down the building more than once. Among them, 78 people from 33 households made one additional trip, 32 people from 17 households made two additional trips, 13 people from seven households made three additional trips, and six people from four households made four additional trips.
The integrated enquiry counter today received five cases requesting police assistance. These cases involved suspected loss of property, including watches, jewellery, cash and gold items. Officers were immediately deployed to assist in searches, and lost property was recovered in all the cases.
The Government outlined that it deploys over 1,000 personnel from various departments each day, including staff from Police, the Civil Aid Service, the Fire Services Department, the Auxiliary Medical Service, the Home Affairs Department, the Social Welfare Department, the Housing Department, and the Housing Bureau, to support the residents returning to their units.
At the same time, under the Government-wide Mobilisation mechanism, the Civil Service Bureau co-ordinated nine government departments to mobilise civil servants to form the Government Quick Response Unit to support these access arrangements. The civil servants mobilised today are from the Electrical & Mechanical Services Department and the Leisure & Cultural Services Department.