Development Secretary Ning Hon-ho meets with the construction industry on four strategies to deal with housing supply

The government is considering shortening the housing construction period to speed up the supply of public housing. Improve quantity, quality and efficiency”, and prepare for the huge engineering research and engineering volume.

Secretary for Development Ning Hon-ho (third from left) recently met with representatives of the Construction Industry Council.

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According to the Development Bureau, Ning Hanhao has recently exchanged views with the Construction Industry Council, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Hong Kong Green Building Council and the Hong Kong Institute of Consulting Engineers on issues of concern to the industry, in addition to his earlier meetings with planning and land-related professional societies and groups.

All the delegates at the meeting agreed that it is necessary to further enhance the productivity of the industry by making good use of innovative technologies, including the continued implementation of "Construction Industry 2.0", the wider use of building information simulation, the "assembly and synthesis" construction method, and the digitalization of public works projects.

The Secretary said that the Government will strive to make the application of these advanced building technologies and new technologies a routine, and provide complete supporting facilities for this purpose.

The bureau stated that the meeting also exchanged views on the future manpower needs of the industry, agreeing that it is necessary to attract more young people to join the construction industry, and increase the number of training places to cultivate human resources for the industry and improve the technical level of practitioners to cope with the development of large-scale infrastructure in the future. ongoing manpower needs.

Ning Hanhao said that the government will work closely with the industry to make joint efforts for the future development of Hong Kong.

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