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     The Advisory Committee on Post-office Employment for Former Chief Executives and Politically Appointed Officials has advised on the proposed employment of Ms Jade Lai, former Political Assistant to the Secretary for Home Affairs, after her departure from the Government on January 20, 2021. 

     The Advisory Committee considers that, subject to the observance of certain restrictions it has advised, Ms Lai’s proposed employment would not give rise to any potential conflict of interest. The Advisory Committee also does not anticipate adverse public perception to arise from the proposed employment.
      
     The Advisory Committee considers and advises on the post-office employment or appointments for former politically appointed officials. In considering each case, the Advisory Committee has regard to the information provided by the former politically appointed official concerned, the assessments by relevant government bureaux or offices, and the criteria for advice as stipulated in the guidance notes on post-office employment for politically appointed officials.

     Details of the above-mentioned case are available at the Advisory Committee’s website (www.ceo.gov.hk/poo/eng/index.htm).

     The membership of the Advisory Committee is as follows:
      
Professor Liu Pak-wai (Chairman) 
Mr Cheng Yan-kee
Mr Simon Ip Sik-on
Mrs Margaret Leung Ko May-yee
Ms Lo Wing-sze read more

     The Town Planning Board today (November 19) announced amendments to the approved Stanley Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     The amendments involve the rezoning of a piece of government land at Cape Road, south of Ma Hang Estate, from “Green Belt” to “Residential (Group B)” with stipulation of building height restriction. Some technical amendments to the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are also included to reflect the above amendments and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning area, where appropriate.

     The draft Stanley OZP No. S/H19/15, incorporating the amendments, is now available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Hong Kong District Planning Office and (iv) the Southern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre.
     
     Any person may make written representation in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before January 19, 2022. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29B on “Submission and Publication of Representations, Comments on Representations and Further Representations under the Town Planning Ordinance” (TPB PG-No. 29B).

     Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29B. In particular, the representer should take note of the following:
 
* If the representer fails to provide his or her full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of his or her Hong Kong identity card or passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29B, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and
* The Secretariat of the Town Planning Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification.
 
     The Guidelines and the submission form are available at the above locations (i) and (ii) and the Town Planning Board’s website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).

     Copies of the draft Stanley OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed at the Town Planning Board’s website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb). read more

     The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Wan Chai Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
      
     “The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development within the Wan Chai area,” a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (November 19).
      
     The planning scheme area, covering about 89 hectares, is bounded by Gloucester Road to the north; Percival Street to the east; Leighton Road, Queen’s Road East and Kennedy Road to the south; and Monmouth Path and Arsenal Street to the west.
      
     Wan Chai has been developed into an area characterised by a mixture of commercial and residential developments. Along Queen’s Road East, there is a trend towards more intensive commercial development. The area to the south of Johnston Road contains some new buildings amidst low-rise pre-war residential buildings, many of which are in a dilapidated state.
      
     The approved OZP has incorporated amendments shown on the draft Wan Chai OZPs No. S/H5/26, No. S/H5/27 and No. S/H5/28, which mainly involved incorporation and revision of building height restrictions, non-building area and lot boundary setback requirements for various development zones; rezoning of the “Commercial/Residential” sites to “Commercial”, “Residential (Group A)” or “Other Specified Uses” (“OU”) annotated “Mixed Use” zones; rezoning of the old Wan Chai Police Station and ex-Wan Chai Police Married Quarters sites from “Government, Institution or Community” (“G/IC”) to “OU (Historical Building Preserved for Hotel, Commercial, Community and/or Cultural Uses)” and “Commercial (4)” respectively; rezoning of sites at 99 Kennedy Road and 269 Queen’s Road East from “G/IC” to “Residential (Group E)”; rezoning of the terraces and the stepped street in the Sau Wa Fong area to area shown as “Road”; and rezoning of various sites to reflect the as-built conditions of completed developments.
      
     The approved Wan Chai OZP No. S/H5/29 is now available for public inspection during office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department in North Point and Sha Tin, the Hong Kong District Planning Office and the Wan Chai Home Affairs Enquiry Centre.
      
     Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed at the Town Planning Board’s website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb). read more

     The Town Planning Board announced today (November 19) that the Chief Executive in Council has referred the approved Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) to the Board for amendment to reflect the latest land … read more

     The results of Primary One discretionary places for September 2022 will be released on Monday (November 22) by all government and aided primary schools.
 
     A spokesman for the Education Bureau said today (November 19), “There are 48 080 children applying for discretionary places in government and aided primary schools this year, of whom 22 892 will be offered a place in these schools. Among them, a total of 13 048 children are applicants with sibling(s) studying or with parent(s) working in the schools that they have applied to, whereas the remaining 9 844 are selected according to the Points System.”
 
     Parents are reminded to bring the parent’s copy of the Application Form for Primary One Admission and check the results of their application between 9am and 5pm on Monday at the school to which they have applied. In light of the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, if parents cannot check the results at the school to which they have applied, they may check the results on the school website or contact the school by phone.
 
     Parents whose children have been offered a Primary One place are advised to note carefully the registration arrangements of the schools concerned and the documents required for registration, such as the parent’s copy of the Application Form for Primary One Admission and the specified number of photographs of children, as well as observe the social distancing and anti-epidemic measures of individual schools. Registration of successful applicant children should be made on Wednesday (November 24) or Thursday (November 25) during school hours according to the arrangements of individual schools.
 
     “Parents who cannot register within the specified period should notify the person-in-charge of the school in advance to make alternative arrangements. Otherwise, they will be deemed to have given up their discretionary place,” the spokesman said.
 
     Under the Primary One Admission System, each government or aided primary school may make use of about 50 per cent of its total Primary One places as discretionary places. The remaining 50 per cent will be reserved for Central Allocation at a later stage.
 
     “Parents of applicant children who have failed to secure a discretionary place or who have opted for Central Allocation only will be invited by the Education Bureau via letter in mid-January 2022 to make choices of schools for Central Allocation at a designated Central Allocation Centre on January 22 or 23. Primary One places will then be allocated to these children in Central Allocation. For applications for participation in Primary One Admission 2022 made after January 23, parents need to complete the necessary procedures with the School Places Allocation Section of the Education Bureau. The Education Bureau will separately arrange a Primary One place for the applicant children in June 2022,” the spokesman said.
 
     “Parents should note that once their children have been allocated a Primary One place, they cannot take part in the Primary One Admission System again in future,” he said. read more