The Bedspace Apartments Ordinance, Cap. 447, Laws of Hong Kong provides for a licensing scheme whereby bedspace apartments are required to obtain a licence to ensure that the premises comply with the licensing requirements in respect of building and fire safety.

This web site enlists the addresses of those bedspace apartments which have obtained a licence issued by the Authority.

"Bedspace apartment" means
(a) any flat; or
(b) where the partitioning wall or walls between 2 or more adjoining flats in a building has or have been demolished, such 2 or more adjoining flats,

in which there are 12 or more bedspaces used or intended to be used as sleeping accommodation under rental agreements, and for the purpose of determining whether any flat constitutes a bedspace apartment, the existence of partitions in the flat shall be disregarded.

Application forms can be obtained from all District Offices and the Office of the Licensing Authority; or downloaded from the Home Affairs Department's website of http://www.had.gov.hk/en/public_forms/forms.htm. Completed forms are to be returned to the address as stated on the application forms. Please refer to the Common Problems(PDF) for more details.