Part of the Hau Tak Shopping Centre in Tseung Kwan O damaged by a fire last week will be closed to carry out investigation and urgent repair work.

The Housing Department's Independent Checking Unit today obtained a closure order from the District Court to close the affected area, which included the market on the ground floor - including the mezzanine floor above, and the supermarket and carpark on the shopping centre's first-floor east wing.

The department will give priority to processing the remedial proposals The Link submits to enable them to complete the work as soon as possible.