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1 成立和職能
Establishment & Functions

Planning Committees Membership

Establishment and Functions All Members of the Committees are appointed by the CE
from Members of the Board in accordance with section
With the expansion of statutory planning jurisdiction/ 2(3) of the Ordinance. The CE also appoints a Chairman
coverage to the non-urban areas and to cope with and Vice-chairman for each Committee. In 2014, there
the increase in the Board’s workload, two Planning were 17 members (four official and 13 non-official) on the
Committees, the Metro Planning Committee (MPC) and MPC and 18 members (four official and 14 non-official) on
the Rural and New Town Planning Committee (RNTPC), the RNTPC, other than the Chairman and Vice-chairman.
were set up in July 1991. The two Committees were served by a Secretary who
was a public officer.
The Board has, under section 2(5)(a) of the Ordinance,
delegated the following powers and functions to the two Meetings
Committees:
The two Committees meet regularly to discharge their
• to prepare draft OZPs and DPA Plans under section 3 functions, usually on the other Fridays of each month
and section 4(1); when there is no meeting of the Board. The meeting of
the MPC is held in the morning while that of the RNTPC
• to consider and approve Master Layout Plans is held in the afternoon. A total each of 23, 22 and 23
(MLPs) and their subsequent amendments in respect MPC and RNTPC meetings were held from 2012 to 2014
of Comprehensive Development Areas under respectively.
section 4A;

• to publish draft plans and amendments to approved
plans upon reference back by the CE in C under
section 5;

• to make and publish amendments to draft plans under
section 7(1) to 7(3);

• to consider and decide on applications for amendment
of plan under section 12A;

• to consider and decide on applications for planning
permission under section 16;

• to consider and decide on applications for
amendments to planning permission under section
16A; and

• to designate DPAs under section 20(1) of the
Ordinance.

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