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The government sets up two new groups to review land development and public housing progress chaired by Chen Maobo and Wong Wai Lun

2022-07-06T13:17:18.750Z


The main task of the new-term government in the next five years is to increase housing supply. The government today (6th) announced the establishment of two inter-departmental task forces, including the "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Unit" and the "Public Housing Project Action Work"


The main task of the new-term government in the next five years is to increase housing supply. The government today (6th) announced the establishment of two inter-departmental task forces, including the "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Team" and the "Public Housing Project Action Task Force", to coordinate For the work related to land and housing, supervise and monitor all aspects of land construction and housing construction. The former will be chaired by the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, while the latter will be chaired by the Deputy Financial Secretary, Wong Wai Lun.


The Government announced the establishment of the "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Unit" to replace the previous work of the "Land Supply Steering Committee". Its responsibilities include overseeing land supply from different sources and public and private housing supply.

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Land and Housing Supply Co-ordination Unit to replace Land Supply Steering Committee

The "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Unit" will replace the previous "Land Supply Steering Committee" and expand its scope of work.

The government pointed out that the coordinating team will supervise and monitor the supply of public and private housing, as well as the supply progress of various types of land for housing, economic, government and community facilities at the macro level in the future, and will review the progress of various land construction projects.

In addition, the Coordination Unit will formulate and regularly publish forecasts of the supply of land available for development (i.e. "sweet land") in the next ten years, and will also oversee various efforts to streamline development procedures and formulate plans to help unlock the development potential of private land.

The coordinating group involves 8 directors, including the director of the cultural and sports brigade

Members of the coordinating team will include the Secretary for Development, the Secretary for Housing, the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, the Secretary for the Environment and Ecology, the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Secretary of State, etc.

The Government also announced the establishment of the Action Task Force on Public Housing Projects to oversee public housing projects.

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Update of new public housing supply forecast

As for the "Public Housing Project Action Working Group", it is responsible for supervising public housing construction projects. The scope of work includes monitoring whether the land reserved for public housing projects can be delivered on time; exploring various measures to speed up construction and occupation; formulating and updating public housing Forecast of new supply.

At the same time, various cross-bureau or cross-departmental issues affecting the on-time completion of public housing projects will also be considered and resolved.

Wong Wai-lun said that housing is the biggest concern of Hong Kong citizens. The working group will, according to the request of the Chief Executive, submit specific proposals to the Chief Executive within 100 days after the current government takes office, including putting forward various work proposals that will help speed up the construction of public housing. .

The members of the working group will include the Secretary for Housing, the Secretary for Development, the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, and the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.

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Source: hk1

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