Public rental housing estate shroff counters will be closed on Saturdays from April 14 as the Housing Department moves to phase two of the five-day week scheme.

The new opening hours of the shroff counters will be 8.45am to 6pm from Mondays to Fridays, with cash-collection services generally provided from 9.15am to noon and from 2pm to 3.30pm daily.

The department said the move will have little impact on public housing tenants as the rent-collection network has been expanded.

Tenants can pay their monthly rents at 7-Eleven convenience stores operating round the clock at more than 700 locations throughout Hong Kong.

Starting from May 24, the rent-collection network will be extended to cover customer service centres at 50 MTR stations.

Rent payment can also be made through autopay, payment-by-phone/ web service, automatic teller machines, phone banking and internet banking services.