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Estate Agents Authority Annual Report 2014/15
As a statutory body tasked with regulating the practice
of the estate agency trade in Hong Kong, the EAA
recognises the importance of maintaining the highest
possible level of quality service and ethical standards.
A high standard of integrity and conduct is required of
all staff to promote and maintain public confidence.
Our staff members are required to comply with our
Code of Conduct which sets out our standards in detail
covering confidentiality, conflicts of interest and
acceptance of advantages. All EAA staff members are
briefed on the Code upon their commencement of
duties at the EAA, and may access the document easily
at any time through the EAA’s intranet.
The post-employment sanitisation period for the CEO,
Directors and Managers (including Senior Managers)
are respectively one year, six months and two months.
There is also a prohibition on all staff, including the
CEO and Directors, to take the estate agents or
salespersons qualifying examinations during and within
two months after service.
Disclosure of Interest
To foster public confidence in the integrity and
impartiality of the EAA, the EAA adopts a two-tier
reporting system on declaration of interest as a
safeguard against potential conflicts of interests. All
Board Members and Board-appointed Members are
required to register their interests with the EAA upon
their appointment to membership and annually
thereafter. They are also required to declare their
interests at all EAA meetings in any subject and matter
under consideration by the EAA, and any conflict of
interest or potential conflict of interest which they may
have with the affairs of the EAA. The register of
interests is available for public inspection.
In addition, all staff of the EAA Administration also have
to declare annually if they have any financial interest,
direct or indirect, in any business or organisation which
competes with the EAA, with which the EAA has
business dealings, or which is being regulated by the
EAA.
作為規管香港地產代理行業的法定機
構，監管局明白盡力維持最高質素服
務水平及道德標準的重要性。監管局
要求全體員工在誠信及行為上皆秉持
高標準，以促進並維持公眾的信心。
本局員工必須遵守本局的行為守則，
其中詳列本局標準，涵蓋保密、利益
衝突及利益收受等方面。監管局會向
每位入職員工講解有關守則，且將相
關文件上載至監管局內聯網供員工隨
時參閱。
行政總裁、總監和經理（包括高級經
理）的離職後就業限制期分別為一
年、六個月及兩個月。同時，包括行
政總裁和總監在內的所有員工，均不
可於任職監管局期間及離職後兩個月
內參加地產代理或營業員資格考試。
利益披露
為維持公眾對監管局的誠信與公正性
的信心，以及避免潛在利益衝突，監
管局實施兩層的申報利益制度。所有
董事局成員及董事局委任成員獲委任
後，必須向監管局申報其利益，並每
年更新資料。此外，他們須於監管局
所有會議上，申報涉及監管局所審議
的任何議題或事宜的利益，以及任何
與監管局事務有利益衝突或潛在利益
衝突的事情。公眾可要求查閱紀錄有
關利益申報詳情的登記冊。
此外，監管局所有的行政部門人員亦
須每年申報，有否與一些和監管局有
競爭的、或與監管局有業務往來，或
受監管局所監管的業務或機構有任何
直接或間接的財務利益關係。
