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Key tasks of Development Bureau in the Chief Executive’s 2025 Policy Address

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Annex A 
Annex B 
Annex C 
Annex D 

PURPOSE

This paper briefs Members on the work focuses of the Development Bureau (DEVB) in the Chief Executive’s 2025 Policy Address.  In the next decade, the Government will get ready around 2 600 hectares of land, among which around 70% will come from the Northern Metropolis (NM).  To further accelerate the development of the NM, the new governance structure led by the Chief Executive and Secretaries/Deputy Secretary at the top level will focus on the key tasks in the next stage, including dedicated legislation, industry anchoring, public-private partnership, the positioning of and strategy for the University Town, and speeding up of the works approval process.  We will also introduce various innovative land administrative initiatives, with a view to attracting investment in the NM. Outside the NM, to drive industry development, we will take forward the development of yacht berths, as well as expanding the well-received Hostels in the City Scheme. Urban renewal is another theme.  We will put forward three initiatives with a new mindset, with a view to expediting redevelopment projects by the public and private sectors.  Lastly, to reduce construction costs, we will implement various initiatives, including expediting the approval process for large-scale projects, further relaxing the gross floor area (GFA) exemption arrangement for carparks, reviewing advanced construction designs and material standards, conducting central procurement on a trial basis and leveraging technology such as artificial intelligence (AI).

Extracts from the Policy Address on the major initiatives related to the DEVB are at Annex A. Relevant extracts from the Policy Address Supplement are set out in Annex B. A list of Indicators for Specified Tasks under the DEVB in the Policy Address is at Annex C, and the progress of indicators under the DEVB in last year’s Policy Address is at Annex D.

POLICY ADDRESS INITIATIVES

Policy Address Initiatives

INDICATORS FOR SPECIFIED TASKS

We set out in Annex C a list of 13 Indicators for Specified Tasks contained in the Annex to the 2025 Policy Address.  They comprise seven new indicators and six ongoing and valid indicators.  As regards the Indicators for Specified Tasks contained in the Annex to the 2024 Policy Address, the relevant progress is set out in Annex D.

ADVICE SOUGHT

We welcome comments from Members on the various initiatives.

Development Bureau
September 2025