Policy Address

  1. The Building Technology Research Institute will continuously review the construction standards and requirements of government projects. In addition, regarding the approval of building materials for public housing, the HB will look into the accreditation of standards of more regions.

  2. The Government will relax the gross floor area (GFA) exemption arrangement for car parks in private developments by removing the mandatory requirement of constructing underground car parks as a condition of exemption, and granting full GFA exemption if developers construct no more than two storeys of above ground car parks.

  3. The DEVB will conduct central procurement on a trial basis in the first half of next year, piloting in the procurement of commonly used materials including steel reinforcement and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) modules, in order to save costs. The HB will also pilot the batch procurement of integrated modules of MiC method next year. In addition, the HB has established a database of standard building materials, covering commonly used materials such as aluminium windows and partition walls, to expedite the approval process.

Release Industrial Land in Urban Areas

218. Since 2000, the Planning Department has conducted five rounds of Area Assessments of Industrial Land in the Territory, and some of the industrial land have been rezoned for other uses such as residential and business uses. The Government will commence a new round of study this year and put forward recommendations next year, including the way forward for the Revitalisation Scheme for Industrial Buildings.