Best Landscape Award Ceremony Celebrates Outstanding Private Property Developments in Hong Kong

2026-10-07 18:50 Last Updated At：18:58

16 private properties receive Gold Awards for best landscape design and maintenance

The prize presentation ceremony for the Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development 2026 (the Award), organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), was held today (October 7). Sixteen private properties were presented with Gold Awards in recognition of their outstanding landscape design and quality horticultural maintenance. Among them, Wonderland Villas in the Large-scale Domestic Property category was the winner of the new Supreme Gold Award this year. For the new category of Subsidised Sale Housing introduced this year, Fung Tak Estate was the Gold Award winner.

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16 private properties receive Gold Awards for best landscape design and maintenance Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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16 private properties receive Gold Awards for best landscape design and maintenance Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The biennial Award is one of the LCSD's major activities to promote greening, with 220 nominations received this year. Addressing the ceremony, the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Manda Chan, expressed appreciation to the winning projects for tailoring the designs to the practical contexts, which skilfully combined the plant forms and colours with the natural terrain, connecting buildings to living spaces naturally while enhancing the surrounding landscape.

Ms Chan said that the LCSD is curating thematic floral gardens across the 18 districts in Hong Kong. With thematic planting, the gardens are presenting dazzling seas of flowers to welcome local residents as well as tourists. Meanwhile, the district public landscaped areas are complementing the greening efforts of private properties, jointly creating a pleasant home for all.

In addition to the Supreme Gold Award and 16 Gold Awards, 36 Merit Awards and 14 Environmental Efficiency Awards were presented at the ceremony to commend awardee organisations for their green efforts and enhancing public green awareness. The list of winners is available at the LCSD webpage www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/green/property/2026/awards.html.

The prize presentation ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Other officiating guests included representatives from the co-organisers. They were the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, Dr Chan Yin-lun; the President of the Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong), Ms Florence Tsui; the Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council, Professor Yuen Pak-leung; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, Dr Cheung Tin-cheung; the President of the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies Limited, Mr Kevin Chu; the Senior Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Mr Raymond Kam; and Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Mr Jeff Tung.

Hong Kong's foreign currency reserves drop to $433 billion by September 2026, exceeding currency in circulation fivefold.

Hong Kong's latest foreign currency reserve assets figures released

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (October 7) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$433.0 billion as at the end of September 2026 (end-August 2026: US$442.8 billion) (Annex).

There were no unsettled foreign exchange contracts at end-September and end-August 2026.

The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$433.0 billion represent over five times the currency in circulation or about 35per cent of HongKong dollar M3.

Release calendar

The release calendar of foreign currency reserve assets for 2027 is announced below:

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2027	February 5, 2027
February 2027	March 5, 2027
March 2027	April 7, 2027
April 2027	May 7,2027
May 2027	June 7, 2027
June 2027	July 7, 2027
July 2027	August 6, 2027
August 2027	September 7, 2027
September 2027	October 7, 2027
October 2027	November 5, 2027
November 2027	December 7, 2027
December 2027	January 7, 2028

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At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued by the HKMA each month. Three of these releases are issued to disseminate monetary data in accordance with International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). The fourth press release, on the Exchange Fund's Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account, is made in accordance with the HKMA's policy of maintaining a high level of transparency. For the month of October 2026, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

October 7	SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
October14	SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
October30	SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
October30	Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)

(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)

Foreign Currency Liquidity

Currency Board Account

Best Landscape Award Ceremony Celebrates Outstanding Private Property Developments in Hong Kong

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