Draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North Outline Zoning Plan approved
The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Clear Water Bay Peninsula North area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (April 17).
The planning scheme area, covering about 498 hectares, is located to the immediate east of Tseung Kwan O New Town separated by the steep slopes of Razor Hill and Sheung Yeung Shan. It is fronting Ngau Mei Hoi (Port Shelter) in the east and bounded by steep wooded hillslopes in the north, west and south.
The approved OZP has incorporated amendments shown on the draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North OZP No. S/SK-CWBN/7, which mainly involve rezoning a site near the junction of Clear Water Bay Road and Ngan Ying Road from "Green Belt" to "Government, Institution or Community (1)" for the proposed campus extension of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and rezoning a site in Tai Po Tsai from "Comprehensive Development Area (1)" to "Residential (Group B)" to reflect the as-built condition of a completed residential development.
The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP have been amended to reflect the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning circumstances, where appropriate.
The approved Clear Water Bay Peninsula North OZP No. S/SK-CWBN/8 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.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centre in North Point. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed on the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
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April 2026 issue of "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" now available
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (April 17) the April 2026 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong" and "Hong Kong's Balance of Payments, 2016 to 2025".
"The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong"
Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant international financial centres in the world. The contribution of the financial services sector to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product increased from 16% in 2009 to 26% in 2024. This feature article presents the operating characteristics and business performance of selected industries in the sector between 2022 and 2024. It also briefly highlights the overall quarterly business performance of selected industries in the sector in 2025.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Business Services Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7266; email: business-services@censtatd.gov.hk).
"Hong Kong's Balance of Payments, 2016 to 2025"
The Balance of Payments (BoP) records economic transactions between Hong Kong and the rest of the world. BoP is a comprehensive set of statistics, covering trade in goods and services, investment and income. These statistics on cross-border transactions are useful for monitoring financial flows between Hong Kong and other economies, thus providing an objective basis for gauging financial soundness and policy formulation.
This feature article highlights the salient features of Hong Kong's BoP as well as the latest trends from 2016 to 2025.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Balance of Payments Branch (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 3863 2330; email: bop@censtatd.gov.hk).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
