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Organisational Structure

3.

Policy responsibility for land, public

works and private building rests with the Secretary

for Lands and Works. He is responsible for the

formulation of policies relating to the planning,

supply and use of land to meet the needs of the

government and the private sector and for the

preparation of a territorial development strategy.

He is responsible also for the comprehensive

planning and co-ordination of the physical development

of the territory; planning, provision and efficient

use of financial and manpower resources;

and

monitoring the use of such resources in capital

works and maintenance programmes.

4.

The Secretary for Lands and Works monitors

the performance of the six departments which together

constitute the Lands and Works group. These

include the Lands Department, which co-ordinates

all aspects of land administration (including

surveying, planning, land sales and development,

and legal matters).

Land Policy

5.

The government's land policy is to optimise

the use of land within the framework of land use

zoning and development plans, and to provide sufficient

land to meet the needs of the various sections of