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organisation
The organisation chart of the Department as at December 31, 2020 is at
Appendix 1.
Grade Establishment / Strength *
Town Planner 297 / 294
Other Professionals
17 / 15
(e.g. Engineer, Landscape Architect)
Survey Officer 215 / 203
Technical Officer 168 / 151
General and Others 241 / 235
Total 938 / 898
* Including officers on terminal leave
key resPonsibility
The Department is responsible for formulating, monitoring and reviewing urban
and rural planning policies and plans, and undertaking associated tasks for
physical development of Hong Kong. It deals with all matters relating to long-term
planning strategies at the territorial level; and land use planning, development
control and planning enforcement at the district level.
We also provide both professional and secretariat services to the Town Planning
Board (TPB) to perform its statutory planning functions under the provision of the
Town Planning Ordinance (TPO). Readers may wish to refer to the TPB website at
https://www.info.gov.hk/tpb for a more detailed description of the activities of the
TPB.
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