Development Bureau

Development Bureau

發展局
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Agency overview
Formed	2007
Headquarters	18/F, West Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Ministers responsible	Michael Wong Wai-lun, Secretary for Development , Under Secretary for Development
Agency executives	, Permanent Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands) , Permanent Secretary for Development (Works)
Website	www.devb.gov.hk/

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The Development Bureau (Chinese: 發展局) is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for urban planning and renewal, land administration, infrastructure development, building safety, landscape, greening & tree development, water supplies, flood prevention and heritage conservation.^[1]

The Bureau is supervised by the Secretary for Development.^[1][2][3]

History[]

The Development Bureau of Hong Kong was created on 1 July 2007 as part of a governmental reorganisation introduced under Donald Tsang.

Responsibility for urban planning, environmental protection, and lands administration originally fell under the when the Hong Kong SAR government was established in 1997.

Beginning 1 January 2000, the responsibility for environmental protection was transferred to the ; the Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau was renamed .

When the Principal Officials Accountability System went into effect on 1 July 2002, the and Planning and Lands Bureau were combined into the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau.

In 2007, the Development Bureau was established and took over the responsibility of planning and lands administration from the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau, public works from the Environment, Transportation and Works Bureau, and heritage conservation from Home Affairs Bureau.

Structure[]

The Bureau comprises six divisions under two branches overseen by respective Permanent Secretaries:^[4]

Planning and Lands Branch[]

The Planning and Lands Branch oversees the urban planning and redevelopment in Hong Kong. Its responsibilities include ensuring a sufficient land supply and optimising land use, implementing urban renewal plans and maintaining a land administration system. The divisions under the Planning and Lands Branch are:

• Lands Division
• Planning Division
• Urban Renewal and Buildings Division

Works Branch[]

The Works Branch of the Bureau focuses on the management and implementation of infrastructure, as well as heritage conservation and maintenance in Hong Kong. The divisions under the Works Branch are:

• Heritage, Programme and Resource Division
• Works Policies and Infrastructure Projects Divisions
• Legal Advisory Division (Works)
• Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO)

Subordinate agencies[]

The following public agencies are managed by the bureau:^[5]

• Buildings Department
• Lands Department
• Lands Registry
• Planning Department
• Architectural Services Department
• Civil Engineering and Development Department
• Drainage Services Department
• Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
• Water Supplies Department

Energising Kowloon East Office (EKEO)[]

The plans to redevelop Kowloon East, an industrial area that spans along the Victoria Harbour between Kwun Tong, Kowloon Bay and former Kai Tak Airport, was first announced in a policy address on 12 October 2011.^[6] The redevelopment plan would transform Kowloon East into a second central business district in addition to Central. In June 2012, the Development Bureau founded the Energising Kowloon East Office as an entity under the Works Branch to steer and oversee the development of this area.

See Also[]

• Urban Renewal Authority
• Town Planning Board
• Construction Industry Council
• City Gallery (Hong Kong)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website