Regional briefings on District Administration, Planning and Transport Infrastructure for DC members

The Home Affairs Department organised two briefing sessions for DC members on the development of planning, transport infrastructure and services in March 2008.

The briefing for the DC members of the New Territories region was held on 13 March 2008. Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Pamela Tan, Director of Planning, Mrs Ava Ng, and the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Alan Wong attended the session. DC members of the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon region joined the session held on 17 March 2008, in which Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Pamela Tan, Commissioner for Transport, Mr Alan Wong, and Deputy Director of Planning, Mr Jimmy Leung, attended.

In both briefing sessions, the departments have exchanged views with DC members on planning and transport issues on a more macro level and DC members were also briefed on the key findings and observations of a study conducted by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot scheme and to test the new guidelines and measures to enhance the functions of DCs.