Town Planning Board Announces Amendments to Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill, and San Po Kong Zoning Plan

Approved Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong Outline Zoning Plan amended

The Town Planning Board today (May 15) announced amendments to the approved Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site abutting Choi Hung Road from "Open Space" ("O") and "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC") to "Open Space (1)"; and (ii) rezoning a site abutting Sheung Hei Street from "O" and "G/IC" to "G/IC".

The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are amended to take into account the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.

The draft Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong OZP No. S/K11/32, 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 Kowloon District Planning Office, and (iv) the Wong Tai Sin District Office.

Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before July 15, 2026. 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 on the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).

Copies of the draft Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong 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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Application for registration of poll particulars to close on June 15

The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:

Under the Particulars Relating to Candidates on Ballot Papers (Legislative Council and District Councils) Regulation (Cap. 541M), candidates in the Legislative Council and District Council elections may, during the nomination period of the relevant election(s), apply to the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) to have certain of their particulars printed on the ballot papers. The particulars, namely, the names, abbreviations of names and emblems of prescribed bodies, and the personal emblems of prescribed persons, must have been entered in the register maintained by the EAC.

Bodies or persons wishing to register or amend their particulars are required to hand in their applications to the EAC by June 15, if they would like to have their registrations or amendments included in the register planned to be updated in the second half of 2026. Application forms are available at the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) and all District Offices. They can also be downloaded from the EAC's website (www.eac.hk).

For inspection of the prevailing register, please visit the EAC's website (www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/Emblem_Register.pdf). Bodies or persons whose registration particulars are already included in the existing register are not required to make another application unless they wish to amend their registered particulars.

A spokesman for the EAC reminded bodies and persons that they could submit applications to the EAC at any time. However, applications submitted after June 15 of this year will be processed in 2027.

The EAC will carefully consider all applications in accordance with the criteria and procedures stipulated in the Regulation. Details of all successful applications will be gazetted.

For enquiries concerning the application procedures, please call the REO hotline at 2891 1001.

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