Nominations for Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2026 to close on May 18
Nominations for the Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2026 (the Award) organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will close on May 18. Interested developer, management company, design company, owners' organisation, landscape or horticultural company of the property should grasp the opportunity to submit nomination, with prior consent from the owners' representative group of the property concerned. Entry to the competition is free of charge.
The biennial Award is one of the LCSD's major activities to promote greening. It aims at commending private property developments that excel in landscape design and horticultural maintenance. The Award also aims to drive sustained environmental improvements in private property developments by encouraging private bodies to incorporate more high-quality green elements into the planning and management of horticultural projects of such developments.
Entries must be properties and facilities located within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The landscape and green areas of the entries must be for communal use or accessible to the public or residents. The competition is divided into six categories, including the Subsidised Sale Housing category, which is newly introduced this year. Please visit the LCSD's website www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/green/property/2026/index.html for details, and download the prospectus and nomination form.
Each category features a Gold Award, Merit Award(s) and Environmental Efficiency Award(s). Additionally, a Supreme Gold Award has been introduced this year and will be presented to the most outstanding entry among all Gold Award winners.
Completed nomination forms together with all necessary documents must reach the Secretariat of the Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2026 on or before May 18 through email, by post or in person. For enquiries, please call 2601 8026.
The Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2026 is organised by the LCSD and co-organised by the Home Affairs Department, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, the Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong), the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, the Professional Green Building Council, the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies and the Hong Kong Green Building Council.
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SFST attends Constituency Meeting at Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting in Uzbekistan
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, arrived at Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3 (Samarkand time) to attend the 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he spoke at the Constituency Meeting.
At the Constituency Meeting held in the afternoon, members discussed the impacts and implications of the current situation in the Middle East as well as the work of the ADB and the engagement of member countries and regions.
Mr Hui said that the tensions in the Middle East have brought volatility to energy supplies, financial markets and trade. In response to these situations, while the ADB has an important role to help members transition toward a greener and more diversified global value chains structure, Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, a global technology hub, and a leader in green and sustainable finance in Asia, stands ready to support the ADB in achieving its mission. Members can utilise Hong Kong's various financial offerings for diversification of funding sources, including green and catastrophe bonds, risk management tools as well as gold reserves and delivery.
He added that in an era of polycrisis, ideas and knowledge are the real multipliers. The ADB disseminates knowledge and shares information with membersin different aspects, builds enduring institutional strength across the region, helping members navigate complex transitions in various areas that no single member can master alone.
On May 4 (Samarkand time), Mr Hui will attend the opening session, a lunch hosted for Governors and the Governors' Business Session of the ADB Annual Meeting. He will also meet with representatives of other participating member countries and regions.
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, attended the 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3 (Samarkand time). Mr Hui (back row, second left) is pictured with the Alternate Executive Director representing Hong Kong, China's constituency on the ADB Board of Directors, Ms Lisa Wright (front row, centre), governors of other countries and officials of the ADB after the Constituency Meeting. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, attended the 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3 (Samarkand time). Photo shows Mr Hui (second left) speaking at the Constituency Meeting. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui (first left), attended the 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3 (Samarkand time). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
