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On request from Hong Kong residents or their relatives or friends, the HKSAR Government may provide information about lawyers in the Mainland. Besides, Hong Kong residents may call the free legal advisory service hotlines jointly operated by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong and the Mainland China Consultation Services Centre of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions during office hours to seek advice on legal problems encountered in the Mainland or make appointments to meet duty lawyers in the Mainland.
Service hours of hotlines (except on Mainland public holidays)
Monday to Friday: 9 am to 6 pm
Service hours of duty lawyers (by appointment; except on Mainland public holidays):
Tuesday: 2 pm to 6 pm
Friday: 2 pm to 6 pm
Free legal advisory service hotlines
Guangzhou Consultation Services Centre
Telephone: (86 20) 8337 5338
Fax: (86 20) 8318 4609
Email: gzcenter@ftu.org.hk
Address: Flat 801 Broadway Plaza, No. 233-235 Dong Feng West Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Shenzhen Consultation Services Centre
Telephone: (86 755) 8225 1818
Fax: (86 755) 8222 8528
Email: szcenter@ftu.org.hk
Address: 51/F Hung Cheong Plaza, No. 2001 Shen Nan East Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Dongguan Consultation Services Centre
Telephone: (86 769) 2223 1001
Fax: (86 769) 2223 0380
Email: dgcenter@ftu.org.hk
Address: 1/F Workers’ Cultural Palace Building, No. 2 Hong Fu West Road, Dongguan, Guangdong
Zhongshan Consultation Services Centre
Telephone: (86 760) 8880 7882
Fax: (86 760) 8575 1385
Email: zscenter@ftu.org.hk
Address: Flat 806-807, 8/F Minsheng Office District, 38 Min Sheng Road, Shiqi District, Zhongshan, Guangdong
The HKSAR Government has published a booklet about Mainland’s laws and regulations most concerned by Hong Kong residents in general. The booklet is entitled “General information on the Mainland criminal laws and regulations relating to persons arrested or under detention”, and copies of which are freely obtainable from the HKSAR Government’s District Offices, Beijing Office, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in Guangdong, Chengdu, Shanghai and Wuhan, and Immigration Department, as well as the Mainland China Consultation Services Centre of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Fujian).
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