Proposed Northern Metropolis Highway (San Tin Section) gazetted
The Government gazetted today (April 30) the proposed Northern Metropolis Highway (San Tin Section) with a view to meeting the increasing traffic demand and connecting various new development areas within the Northern Metropolis.
Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plans and scheme of the works are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:
Central and Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Harbour Building,
38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
North Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, North District Government Offices,
3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories
Yuen Long Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Yuen Long District Office Building,
269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories
District Lands Office, North,
6/F, North District Government Offices,
3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories
District Lands Office, Yuen Long,
9/F, Yuen Long Government Offices,
2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories
The gazette notice, scheme, plans, resumption plan, plan for creation of rights of temporary occupation of land and location plan are available at
www.tlb.gov.hk/eng/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.html.
Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics an objection in writing, which can be submitted via the following means:
- By post or by hand to the Transport and Logistics Bureau's Drop-in Box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
A notice of objection should describe the objector's interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics not later than June 29, 2026.
The proposed Northern Metropolis Highway, Photo source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
2026 Rural Representative Election voter registration campaign starts
The 2026 voter registration campaign for the Rural Representative Election (RRE) was launched today (April 30), with a view to encouraging eligible persons to register as electors and registered electors to update their registration particulars.
The Home Affairs Department (HAD) appeals to all eligible persons who have not registered as electors to sign up by June 16, so that their registration particulars can be included in the provisional register to be published in August this year and so that they can cast their votes in the Rural Ordinary Election to be held in early 2027. Registered electors are not required to register again, but those who need to update their registered particulars should also submit their applications for change of registration particulars by June 16.
There are three types of Rural Representatives, namely Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives (IIRs), Resident Representatives (ReRs) and Kaifong Representatives (KFRs). An IIR, returned by indigenous inhabitants, their spouses or surviving spouses of an Indigenous Village/Composite Indigenous Village, is to reflect views on the village affairs on behalf of its indigenous inhabitants, and to deal with affairs relating to the lawful traditional rights and interests, and the traditional way of life of those indigenous inhabitants. An ReR, returned by residents (both indigenous and non-indigenous inhabitants) residing in an Existing Village, is to reflect views on the village affairs on behalf of its residents. A KFR, returned by residents residing in a Market Town (i.e. Cheung Chau and Peng Chau), is to reflect views on the affairs of the Market Town on behalf of its residents.
"As the eligibility requirements for registration as electors vary for these elections, applicants should ascertain whether they meet the relevant requirements before registration," an HAD spokesman said.
"Indigenous inhabitants, their spouses or surviving spouses, aged 18 or above and holding recognised identity documents, are eligible to be registered as electors in the IIR Election of an Indigenous Village/Composite Indigenous Village.
"For registration as an elector in the ReR Election and the KFR Election, one must be a Hong Kong permanent resident aged 18 or above and have been a resident of the Existing Village or Market Town for the three years immediately preceding the date of application for registration, and whose address in the Village or Market Town is his or her principal residential address. Principal residential address means the address of the dwelling place at which the person resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home. For verification of their eligibility for registration, proof of address is required both for applicants seeking new registration and registered electors seeking to change the principal residential address. For applicants who fail to submit valid documentary proof of address, their applications will not be processed.
"Indigenous inhabitants, their spouses or surviving spouses who have been residing in an Existing Village or a Market Town for the three years immediately preceding the date of application for registration and meet the eligibility requirements for electors in the relevant election may register as electors for both the IIR Election and the ReR Election or the KFR Election through the submission of two separate applications for voter registration."
The spokesman stressed that registered electors of the ReR Election and the KFR Election are not eligible to remain so registered if they no longer reside in the Village/Market Town for which they are registered, or their residential addresses in the Village/Market Town concerned are no longer their principal residential addresses. The persons concerned will commit an offence if they vote at the relevant election.
Members of the public may visit the RRE Voter Registration Information Enquiry System through the RRE website (www.had.gov.hk/rre) to check their own registration particulars.
Application forms for new voter registration and change of registration particulars by an elector can be downloaded from the RRE website, or obtained from Home Affairs Enquiry Centres and offices of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government outside Hong Kong.
Duly completed and signed forms can be submitted by post to the HAD, by fax (fax number: 2591 6392), by email (rre@had.gov.hk), via the E-submission Platform at the RRE website, or in person to any Home Affairs Enquiry Centre on or before the deadline specified above (Hong Kong time).
The HAD will roll out the voter registration campaign through the RRE website, posters, banners, government TV and radio Announcements in the Public Interest, newspaper advertisements and more to encourage eligible persons to register as electors and remind registered electors to update their registration particulars by the deadline.
For enquiries, please call the RRE hotline at 2152 1521.
Photo source: had.gov.hk
