The Chief Executive-in-Council today endorsed the refinements to land lease conditions for petrol filling stations (PFS) to facilitate Hong Kong's transition to electric or other new energy vehicles.

The key refinements to the land lease conditions include offering incentives for the current PFS operators to retrofit e-vehicle charging facilities and imposing a price cap on the charging of e-commercial vehicles.

The tenure of the new PFS leases will be shortened from 21 to 12 years. Short-term renewal of expired and expiring leases will be granted conditionally, subject to provision of quick charging stations at the PFSs.

The Government said the refinements will make more effective use of available space within the around 180 PFSs all over Hong Kong to serve e-vehicles as well as facilitate the transition to green transport and offer opportunities for exploring the viability of the “single site, multiple use” model.

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Relevant bureaus and departments are working on the implementation details and will keep in touch with stakeholders on the retrofitting works.