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Our Staff

Staff Development

To widen our staff's exposure and keep them abreast of the current issues and global trends on
planning development, we undertook the following activities in 2022:

• 1 989 members of staff attended 104 job-related courses and seminars organised by

the Department;
• 1 185 members of staff attended courses and seminars organised by the Civil Service
College and other government bureaux/departments;
• 81 members of staff attended 19 Occupation Safety and Health related courses and
seminars run by the Civil Service College and other government bureaux/departments;
• 89 members of staff attended 10 local conferences; and
• 21 members of staff attended five online overseas conferences/seminars (including

REAL CORP 2022, the buildingSMART International Standards Summit 2022, the
Walk21 International Conference, the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022, and
the World Tunnel Congress 2022) and a joint departmental duty visit to the United
Kingdom.

Staff Relations and Welfare

We maintain close communication with our staff by:

• holding Departmental Consultative Committee meeting with representatives from 26
grades at regular intervals to provide a channel of communication between the staff
and the management;
• having meetings with representatives of staff associations to discuss issues of concern
to staff; and
• publishing a staff newsletter, "Planning Voice", to report achievements, news and

views of staff.

Planning Voice
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