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Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation

conservation policy and initiatives, drawn up in response to public aspirations, aim to facilitate active public involvement in protecting Hong Kong's heritage.

Planning for Hong Kong

Strategic town planning provides an important framework for Hong Kong's future development. The 2007 report 'Hong Kong 2030: Planning Vision and Strategy' provides a framework for planning the city's long-term development. Its focus includes providing Hong Kong with a good quality living environment, enhancing its economic competitiveness and strengthening its links with the Mainland.

Harbourfront Enhancement

The government is committed to protecting and beautifying Victoria Harbour. Harbourfront enhancement projects such as Kai Tak Runway Park Phase 1, Kwun Tong Promenade Stage 2 and Tai Kok Tsui Advance Promenade are expected to be completed in 2014. The government is also putting sites at the new Central harbourfront into interim use (including a site for an observation wheel and ancillary entertainment facilities, an event site, open space and a pet garden) for public enjoyment and to enhance the harbourfront's vibrancy pending permanent development. In October, the Development Bureau and the Harbourfront Commission jointly launched Phase I Public Engagement Exercise to gauge the public's views on the establishment of a Harbourfront Authority to push ahead the design, development, operation and management of harbourfront projects with a creative and innovative mindset under a flexible framework to realise the long-term objective of an attractive, vibrant, accessible and sustainable harbourfront

Energising Kowloon East

The Energising Kowloon East Office (EKEO) under the Development Bureau continues to steer and monitor the transformation of Kowloon East, comprising the former industrial areas of Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay, and the new Kai Tak development, into another core business district - a place where people would like to work, to do business, to walk, to stay and to play.

Version 3.0 of the Conceptual Master Plan for Kowloon East was published in June. Up to the end of 2013, more than 205 briefings, seminars, workshops, forums, exhibitions and visits with more than 6,630 participants were held to gauge public views and 66 organisations and delegations from 21 countries/cities visited the EKEO. Work is ongoing on various fronts, including public engagement and branding activities, improvement of the environment (including conversion of unused vacant government sites underneath Kwun Tong Bypass and a face-lift for Tsun Yip Street Playground), implementation of short-term traffic improvement measures, studies on improving Kowloon Bay Business Area's pedestrian environment and on Kowloon East's industrial culture, launching of the Kai Tak Fantasy international idea competition and the establishment of a one-stop service to facilitate implementation of both private and public sector projects.

Town Planning Board

The Town Planning Board (TPB), established under the Town Planning Ordinance, oversees the preparation and review of statutory plans, considers public representations on them and

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