Safety & Health

Overview

The University is committed to ensuring the safety and health of all its students, employees and visitors. In pursuit of this goal, the University promotes international standards of safety, health, radiation protection, and fire precautions.

More details can be found under HKU Safety and Health Policy.

As a service department, the Estates Office has significant safety and health responsibilities for the University:

1. Maintaining all University buildings, their services, University grounds, and all access and egress in a safe and sound condition;
2. Ensuring that his own staff work with due care and attention not only for their own safety but also for the safety and health of others who may be affected by their work;
3. Employing competent contractors and to supervise them so that they do not jeopardize the safety and health of University staff, students or visitors;
4. Ensuring that in all new projects and refurbishment works adequate attention is given in the design to ensure that the resulting environment is free of hazards to the safety and health of the occupants; and
5. Keeping the Safety Office updated on all new projects so that safety is incorporated at the planning stage.

Please click HERE for further information for EO Staff.

Safety Representatives & Fire Wardens

Safety representatives have been assigned to assist the Director of Estates in fulfilling the safety responsibilities, details accessible at link

Besides, fire wardens have been appointed at various places of work to take appropriate action as laid down by the Safety Office in the event of fire alarm.

From time to time, the Safety Office will be notified to update the lists of safety representatives and fire wardens for Estates Office that are kept centrally under their website.

Health Management

The Centre for Sports and Exercise (CSE) and University Health Service (UHS) work together to promote health and well-being for the HKU community. CSE offers a range of sports, recreation, and fitness programs to encourage lifelong physical activity, while UHS provides accessible primary care and health education to support overall physical and mental health. Their collaboration through the Exercise is Medicine on Campus initiative highlights HKU’s commitment to fostering a healthy, active campus.

For details, please visit the homepage of CSE and UHS.

Further Information

HKU Safety Office

Further information on safety matters such as biosafety, chemicals and wastes, construction safety, environmental hygiene, fire, laboratory safety, radiation, and safety related resources are available at the homepage of Safety Office

Labour Department, HKSAR

Some of the publications by Labour Department relevant to the construction industry and facility management can be found at the homepage of Labour Department