Joint Estate Management Programme

The plight of 'three-nil' buildings — the government sees it, and so do we

Hong Kong has more than 6,000 'three-nil' buildings — no owners' corporation, no property management company engaged, and no third-party insurance. In these ageing buildings, often over 50 years old, fire services installations are missing, lifts are absent and entrances are dilapidated. The residents are mostly elderly: unable to organise management themselves and unable to afford steep management fees.

In recent years the government has been driving forward 'Joint Estate Management': district organisations take the lead in pooling multiple old buildings in the same area, engaging licensed property management companies through economies of scale, combined with the PMSA's funding schemes and maintenance subsidies from the URA, Buildings Department and Fire Services Department, so that residents of old buildings can obtain professional management at an affordable cost.

This is not ordinary business. For Safe Platform Group, taking part in Joint Estate Management is a social responsibility — bringing professional management to the people who need it most.

Safe Platform Group's Joint Estate Management solution

• Integrated management: multiple buildings share one management team, one system and one command centre, dramatically spreading out per-building costs;
• Lightweight on-site presence: a mixed staffing model scaled to each building — lobby duty + patrol coverage + remote support from the 24-hour control centre;
• End-to-end compliance: assistance with forming and registering owners' corporations, taking out third-party insurance, following up on Buildings Department and Fire Services Department repair orders, and applying for government subsidies;
• Smart replacement of manual work: AI-CCTV and smart access control fill the night-time manpower gap, and elderly residents can call the control centre directly for door-opening assistance;
• Transparent charges: accounts kept per building and published monthly, with government subsidies ring-fenced for their designated purpose — reassurance for residents.

Our public-interest commitment

Old buildings are not a burden on the city — they are home to generations of Hong Kong people. Safe Platform Group's pledge: in Joint Estate Management projects we price on a cost-effectiveness-first rather than profit-first principle, making professional management a service ordinary citizens can afford. This is the truest footnote to 'weaving a tighter web of protection, safeguarding every home'.