The Transport and Logistics Bureau today (December 29) announced that two logistics-related funding schemes, namely the Professional Training on Smart and Green Logistics Scheme and the Logistics Promotion Funding Scheme, … read more
The Town Planning Board today (December 29) announced amendments to the approved Tseung Kwan O Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site at Ying Yip Road from “Comprehensive Development Area” to “Other Specified Uses” annotated “Film Studio and Related Uses”, and (ii) rezoning a site at Hang Hau Road from “Residential (Group C)1” to “Residential (Group C)2”.
Opportunity is also taken to amend the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP to reflect the above amendments and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.
The draft Tseung Kwan O OZP No. S/TKO/29, incorporating the amendments, is available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Sai Kung and Islands District Planning Office, (iv) the Sai Kung District Office and (v) the Hang Hau Rural Committee.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before February 29, 2024. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29C on “Submission and Processing of Representations and Further Representations” (TPB PG-No. 29C).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29C. 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. 29C, 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.tpb.gov.hk).
Copies of the draft Tseung Kwan O 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 on the Town Planning Board’s website (www.tpb.gov.hk). read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
The Judiciary today (December 29) announced the reappointment of four incumbent Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. All appointments are made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
Mr Martin Hui Siu-ting, SC; Ms Sit Yat-wah, SC; and Ms Rachel Lam Yan-kay, SC, are reappointed as Recorders of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. The reappointments will be for three years commencing on January 1, 2024, upon expiry of their current terms.
Mr Eugene Fung Ting-sek, SC, is reappointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. The reappointment will be for three years commencing on February 1, 2024, upon expiry of his current term.
The biographical notes of the appointees are as follows:
Mr Martin Hui Siu-ting, SC
Mr Hui, SC, was born in 1971 in Hong Kong. He obtained LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1994 and 1995 respectively. He further acquired a Master of Laws degree in Human Rights from the University of Hong Kong in 2013. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1995. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2015. He had been working as a legal officer in the Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice since 1995 and was a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions before he left the department in 2019. He has been in private practice since 2019. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2019 and 2020. He has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2021.
Ms Sit Yat-wah, SC
Ms Sit, SC, was born in 1978 in Hong Kong. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2001 and 2003 respectively. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2002. She was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2019. She has been in private practice since 2004. She was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2020. She has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2021.
Ms Rachel Lam Yan-kay, SC
Ms Lam, SC, was born in 1981 in Hong Kong. She obtained a Master of Arts (Jurisprudence) degree from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2003. She further obtained a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in the United States of America and a Master of Studies degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2005 and 2011 respectively. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar and to the Bar in England and Wales (Gray’s Inn) both in 2004. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2007. She was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2019. She has been in private practice since 2006. She was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2020. She has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2021.
Mr Eugene Fung Ting-sek, SC
Mr Fung, SC, was born in 1971 in Hong Kong. He obtained a Master of Law degree and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1995 and 1997 respectively. He completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London, UK, in 1996. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) and in Hong Kong both in 1997. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2012. He has been in private practice since 1998. He was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court for periods in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2018. read more
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