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Permits & Forms Traditional ChineseSimplified Chinese

Permits for filming that involves:

  1. use of simulated uniforms and accoutrements
    1. Correctional Services Department
    2. Customs and Excise Department
    3. Fire Services Department
    4. Hong Kong Police Force
    5. Immigration Department
  2. use of modified firearms and blank ammunition
  3. use of pyrotechnic special effects materials for producing entertainment special effects
  4. lane closure
  5. hire of police for intermittent traffic control
  6. use of parking spaces on public roads
  7. parking of filming vehicles on public roads
  8. loading and unloading equipment in restricted zone/prohibited zone/ bus lane/closed road
  9. use of Lantau Closed Road and Tung Chung Prohibited Zone
  10. use of camera car (special purpose vehicle)
  11. use of prototype car
  12. captive balloon flights (with persons on board)
  13. captive balloon flights (with no person on board)
  14. parachute descents
  15. filming in Hong Kong waters
  16. filming in marine parks
  17. filming in country parks
  18. filming in Hong Kong Wetland Park
  19. overseas film crews
  20. Mainland film crews

  Application Forms
  1. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Country Park)
  2. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Hong Kong Wetland Park)
  3. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Marine Parks And Marine Reserves)
  4. Airport Authority (Guidelines on application)
  5. Auxiliary Medical Service
  6. Chief Secretary for Administration's Office
  7. Chinese Temples Committee
  8. Civil Aid Service
  9. Civil Aviation Department
  10. Customs and Excise Department
  11. Cyberport
  12. Department of Health
  13. Drainage Services Department
  14. Education and Manpower Bureau (Government Secondary Schools)
  15. Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
  16. Environmental Protection Department
  17. Fire Services Department (Equipment)
  18. Fire Services Department (Premises)
  19. Fish/Vegetable Marketing Organization
  20. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
  21. Government Property Agency
  22. Government Property Agency (Location Scouting)
  23. Home Affairs Bureau
  24. Home Affairs Department
  25. Hong Kong Housing Society
  26. Hong Kong Police Force
  27. Hongkong Post
  28. Hospital Authority
  29. Housing Authority
  30. Immigration Department
  31. Information Services Department
  32. Judiciary
  33. Labour Department
  34. Leisure and Cultural Services Department
  35. Marine Department
  36. Office of the Telecommunications Authority
  37. Planning Department
  38. Prince Philip Dental Hospital, The
  39. Prince Philip Dental Hospital, The (Location Scouting)
  40. Radio Television Hong Kong
  41. Social Welfare Department
  42. Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
  43. Trade and Industry Department
  44. Transport Department
  45. Treasury
  46. Water Supplies Department

  Notification Forms
  1. Location Filming in Public Areas (Police Public Relations Branch)
  2. Location Filming in Public Pedestrian Precincts (Film Services Office)
  3. Using Camera Cars or Camera Mounts for Filming on Public Roads inTsing Ma Control Area (Film Services Office)
  4. Location Filming outside Correctional Institution Barricades (Correctional Services Department)
  5. Location Filming at Fish Culture Zones (Fish Rafts) (Film Services Office)

  Online Submission

  Permits Guidelines & Application Forms:
  1. Lane closure
  2. Hire of police for intermittent traffic control
  3. Use of parking spaces on public roads
  4. Parking of filming vehicles on public roads
  Location Application Forms:
  1. Hospital Authority
  2. Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
  3. Transport Department
  Notification Forms:
  1. Location Filming in Public Pedestrian Precincts (Film Services Office)
  2. Using Camera Cars or Camera Mounts for Filming on Public Roads in Tsing Sha/Tsing Ma Control Area (Film Services Office)

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Last revision date: June 22, 2010