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OrganisatiOn

The organisation chart of the Department as at December 31, 2018 is at Appendix 1.

Grade Establishment / Strength *

Town Planner 276 / 274

Other Professionals
16 / 16
(e.g. Engineer, Landscape Architect)

Survey Officer 204 / 196

Technical Officer 164 / 164

General and Others 233 / 229

Total 893 / 879

*Including officers on terminal leave

Key respOnsibility

The Department is responsible for formulating, monitoring and reviewing urban and rural
planning policies and plans and undertaking associated tasks for physical development of Hong
Kong. It deals with all matters relating to the long-term planning strategies at the territorial

level; and land-use planning, development control and planning enforcement at the district
level.

We also provide both professional and secretariat services to the Town Planning Board (TPB) to
perform its statutory planning functions under the provision of the Town Planning Ordinance
(the Ordinance). Readers may wish to refer to the TPB website at https://www.info.gov.hk/tpb
for a more detailed description of the activities of the TPB.

planning system

We prepare development strategies at the territorial level and various types of statutory and
departmental plans at the district/local level. In preparing these plans, reference will be made to
the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines.

Territorial Development Strategy

The territorial development strategy provides a broad territorial planning framework to guide
future development and provision of strategic infrastructure and serves as a basis for the

planning of strategic growth areas and the preparation of district plans. Building upon the
foundation of Hong Kong 2030, ‘Hong Kong 2030+: Towards a Planning Vision and Strategy
Transcending 2030’ (Hong Kong 2030+) aims to examine the strategies and feasible options

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