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Chen Maobo said that Hong Kong has enough land for development to study the amendment of the town planning regulations to prevent abuse

2021-07-24T04:25:27.386Z


The issue of housing and land in Hong Kong has always been a concern. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, also expressed earlier that he hoped that Hong Kong would say goodbye to subdivided housing and cage homes. Financial Secretary Chen Maobo accepted an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post and believed that Hong Kong has enough


The issue of housing and land in Hong Kong has always been a concern. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, also expressed earlier that he hoped that Hong Kong would say goodbye to subdivided housing and cage homes.

The Financial Secretary, Chen Maobo, accepted an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post. He believes that Hong Kong has sufficient land for development. The government is studying reducing some of the statutory procedures, including amendments to the Town Planning Ordinance, to avoid abuse.


Financial Secretary Chen Maobo accepted an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post and corrected the study and amendment of the Urban Planning Ordinance.

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The Financial Secretary Chen Maobo pointed out that the government will try its best to move forward with regard to the land supply in Hong Kong, and at the same time it needs the support of the community.

The Development Bureau set up a streamlining development control supervision team in 2018 to study plans to streamline the processes involved in handling land and construction between departments.

The government is also studying the reduction of some statutory procedures, including amendments to the Town Planning Ordinance.

He pointed out that he noticed that the regulations need to be changed to improve efficiency while avoiding abuse.

The Town Planning Ordinance was amended in the early years, including making town planning board meetings public, opening meeting documents and records for public inspection, and planning applications for public comments.

At that time, the government pointed out that the amendments to the Ordinance were intended to allow the public to have more opportunities to participate and to increase the transparency of the relevant process.

Chen Maobo suggested that the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border zone should be further studied and developed.

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Re-study and development of the Shenzhen border zone

Chen Maobo mentioned in his interview that he believes that Hong Kong has enough land for development. The government will publish the "Hong Kong 2030+" report in the next two months to estimate Hong Kong's land demand in the next 20 years.

He also pointed out that in the border zone between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, apart from the land that has been planned for housing and commercial purposes, there is more land available for development, and it is recommended that further development plans should be studied.

Regarding the URA's completed study on the planning of the Yauwang area, Chen Maobo said that he believes that the URA has no financial considerations. If they need government capital injection, the government will also consider it.

More than 7,000 objections were received for the redevelopment of the Ma On Shan green belt and the construction of residential buildings. The Central Group urged the Town Planning Board to reject the release of the 2,435 hectare border closed area. Nearly half of the forest land and hills were released. Research Society Criticizes Stupid: Development of Land Receivable

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Source: hk1

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