The Organisational Framework

The primary objectives of the government's lands and works policies are
to ensure an adequate supply of land to meet the short-term and long-term
needs of the public and private sectors, to optimise the use of land within
the framework of land use zoning and development strategies, and to
ensure co-ordinated development in infrastructure and buildings.

The Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands is chairman of a
committe, which is responsible for monitoring the general progress of the
physical development of Hong Kong, as well as considering and endorsing
detailed planning briefs, layouts and development plans. He is also
chairman of the Town Planning Board, and has policy responsibility for
conservation.

In addition to his policy functions, the Secretary for Planning,
Environment and Lands oversees the operation of the Buildings
Department, Drainage Services Department (jointly with the Secretary for
Works), Environmental Protection Department, Lands Department and
Planning Department, as well as the Land Registry, which is operated on a
trading fund basis. He also oversees part of the work of the Agriculture
and Fisheries Department, Civil Engineering Department, Electrical and
Mechanical Services Department, Marine Department, Territory
Development Department and the Government Laboratory.

The Secretary for Works is responsible for the formulation of policies on
slope safety and water supply. He oversees, and has policy responsibility
for, the activities of the Architectural Services Department, Civil
Engineering Department, Drainage Services Department, Electrical and
Mechanical Services Department, Highways Department, Territory
Development Department and Water Supplies Department. He also
oversees the operation of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading
Fund in the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, as well as the
New Airport Project Co-ordination Office set up in 1991 to co-ordinate
the overall implementation of the ACP.

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