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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

The Year 2021 was another challenging and eventful year

for the Department. Amidst the difficult environment of
the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the dedication of my
colleagues, I am pleased to report that we have made good
progress in enhancing the quantity, speed and efficiency of
land creation as well as building a more healthy and liveable

city. I would like to highlight below a few of the key events.

Enhanceing land supply to support the
sustainable development of our City has all along been our
important target. During the year, the Department continued

to press ahead with different initiatives to expedite land and
housing supply on all fronts. Up to late 2021, we have identified about 350 hectares of land
which is estimated to produce some 330 000 public housing units from 2022-23 to 2031-32.
The quantity is capable of meeting the ten-year public housing demand during the period.

The final report of the “Hong Kong 2030+: Towards a Planning Vision and Strategy Transcending
2030” (Hong Kong 2030+) promulgated in October 2021 updated the city’s land demand and
supply analysis from 2019 to 2048, and set out the territorial spatial development framework.

Under the recommended spatial development framework, the Hong Kong 2030+ reinforces
the adoption of a multi-pronged land supply strategy, within which the land supply comes from
various sources including New Development Areas/New Town Extension, developing brownfield

sites, Lantau Tomorrow Vision and Northern Metropolis Development. We are pressing ahead
with these supply sources in full stream. For Lantau Tomorrow Vision, the Department and the
Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) jointly commissioned a consultancy

study in June 2021 to formulate detailed land use proposals and supporting transport
infrastructure for the development of the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands. Regarding the Northern
Metropolis, in collaboration with the CEDD, we commenced studies of the San Tin/Lok Ma Chau
Development Node, New Territories North New Town and Man Kam To, and Ngau Tam Mei
Area in October 2021. We are also working to commence two studies respectively on Lau Fau

Shan/Tsim Bei Tsui/Pak Nai Areas as well as the Ma Tso Lung Area within 2022.

On cross-boundary dimension, despite that there were very special cross-boundary travel

conditions due to the pandemic, the Department commissioned a new round of “Cross-boundary
Travel Survey” in January 2021 to document the changes in cross-boundary traffic flow over the
years. The findings will provide valuable input for the planning of cross-boundary infrastructure
facilities and formulation of land supply strategies.

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