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social Performance

The Department has undertaken programmes and measures to promote public awareness of
sustainability issues and to encourage the public to participate in the town planning process.
The Department has also strived hard to provide its staff with a safe, healthy and satisfactory

working environment, and provision of personal development opportunities to help them meet
future challenges. The relevant programmes and measures undertaken by the Department in
2017 are summarised below.

Public Engagement

The Department has launched extensive public engagement activities for a number of studies
with the objectives of ‘Planning with the Community’. During the year, public engagement
forums/workshops as well as various public events and activities were undertaken for two

studies to gather views of different sectors of the society, as well as to foster community
support and general consensus on the key issues and proposals of the studies. A total of two
public workshops, three focus group meetings and a roving exhibition at eight locations were
conducted in 2017 in collaboration with CEDD for Pilot Study on Underground Space
Development in Selected Strategic Urban Areas – Feasibility Study. During the six-month

Public Engagement for the Hong Kong 2030+, we have organised/attended 214 Public

87 Engagement events of various formats to gauge public views.

Planning Department Outreach Programme

The Outreach Programme to secondary schools has been conducted since 1996-97. Starting
from 2016-17, the Programme has been extended to cover primary schools in Hong Kong. The
Programme is to provide more opportunities for the general public, particularly our younger

generations, to know more about town planning in Hong Kong and how they can participate in
the planning process.

The 2017-18 Outreach Programme officially commenced in September to tie in with the school

year. During each school visit, we stage an exhibition under the theme ‘Planning for a Liveable
Hong Kong: Smart, Green and Resilient’ and provide the school with a package of information
materials. Twelves topics of school talk relating to town
planning in Hong Kong are provided for selection, e.g.

general town planning concepts and practices; planning for
NDAs; and Hong Kong 2030+, etc. The Mobile Exhibition
Centre (MEC) will also visit the schools to complement the
Programme. As for visit to primary school, a simple talk

and a sim-city paper modelling workshop are tailor-made to
suit primary school students.

School Visit

AnnuAl RepoRt 2018