The Home Affairs Department is asking all district councils across the city to set up building management working groups which would better support owners' corporations.

This came after the inferno at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court in November that claimed at least 161 lives.

Lo Hiu-fung, who chairs the group in Tai Po, told RTHK on Wednesday that the first meeting would be held as soon as Thursday, when they will discuss issues such as water leakage and fire safety awareness.

He also plans to invite members from the owners' corporations to sit in.

"Many of those who volunteer to take part in building management are elderly, or retirees," he said.

"We hope that through the establishment of the working group, we can invite them to our meeting to get to know more about the issues they are facing, so as to allow the government to identify ways to assist them."

The groups are also looking to collect residents' views on the amendment of the Building Management Ordinance, and Lo said many owners' corporations are unclear about their responsibility when it comes to renovation.

The Urban Renewal Authority, for instance, could assist homeowners by joining the working groups, he added.

Lawmaker and Sai Kung district councillor Christine Fong proposed on the same show to have a third party in charge of verifying homeowners' proxies when it came to renovation projects.

Elaine Chik, also a legislator and district councillor, for her part, believes the dedicated groups would allow members to follow up on relevant issues better.

The groups will be in charge of various tasks, such as collecting the views of the community on building management to make recommendations to respective councils, and carrying out exchanges with other districts on effective management.