Development Bureau

Description

Policy Objective - To facilitate Hong Kong's continual development through effective land use planning as well as a steady and sufficient supply of land; - To achieve the optimum use of land resources and maintain an effective land administration system; - To manage an efficient system for registration of land; - To promote and ensure building safety and timely maintenance; - To implement urban renewal in a holistic manner by improving the built environment of older urban areas and the living condition of residents therein; - To ensure the effective planning, management and implementation of public sector infrastructure development and works programmes in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner and to maintain high quality and standards; - To ensure the provision of a reliable, adequate and quality water supply and an efficient water supply service; - To be responsible for policy on development-related heritage conservation; - To provide policy guidance to government departments on delivering an "integrated approach" to greening, landscape and tree management; and - To steer the transformation of Kowloon East into an attractive, alternative Central Business District.