04 - GLOSSARY & LINKS

Ordiances

There are a list of Ordinances/Notes/ Guidelines/Regulations for references from different government departments. For more details, please look at below.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD)

Cap. 208 Country Park Ordinance

Cap. 476 Marine Park Ordinance

Cap. 96A Forestry Regulations

Cap. 170 Wild Animals Protection Ordinance

Architectural Services Department (ArchSD)

General Specification for Building 2003 Edition (Section25)

Buildings Department (BD)

ADV-23 Improvement of Visual Appearance and Landscape Treatment for Man-made Slopes and Retaining Walls

ADV-35 Greening in Buildings

Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)

Layman’s Guide to Landscape Treatment of Slopes

Technical Guidelines on Landscape Treatment for Slopes (2011), 217p.

Drainage Services Department(DSD)

Reference of Landscape Maintenance Works

Reference List for Greening Practice

Environmental Protection Department (EPD)

Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap.311)

Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap.354)

Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap.358)

Noise Control Ordinance (Cap. 400)

Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance (Cap.403)

Dumping at Sea Ordinance (Cap.466)

Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap.499)

Hazardous Chemicals Control Ordinance (Cap.595)

Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance (Cap. 603)

Highways Department (HyD)

Checklist of Landscape Design Considerations

Requirements for Handover of Vegetation to Highways Department

HyD TC No. 10/2001 – Visibility of Directional Signs

HyD TC No. 3/2008 – Independent Vetting of Tree Works under the maintenance of HyD

Input Guideline - HyD Slope Vegetation (SVI) Records

Cap. 28 Land (miscellaneous provisions) ordinance

Housing Authority (HA)

Cap. 283 Housing Ordinance Landscape Architect 4(2)(ga) 22/ 25(1)

Land Department &Planning Department

Tree Preservation and Tree Removal Application for Building Development in Private Projects (7/2007)

General Guidelines on Tree Pruning Development Bureau Technical Circular (Works) No. 7/2015 Tree Preservation

Joint Practice Note No. 3

Forms and Guidelines for Planning Applications (including completed samples)

Cap. 131 Town Planning Ordinance

Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines (HKPSG) Chapter 4

WBTC No. 25/93 Control of Visual Impact of Slopes

WBTC No. 17/2000 – Improvement to the Appearance of Slopes

ETWB TCW No. 34/2003 – Community involvement in Greening Works

ETWB TCW No. 11/2004 –Cyber Manual for Greening

DEVB TCW No. 2/2012 – Allocation of Space for Quality Greening on Roads

DEVB TCW No. 3/2012 – Site Coverage of Greenery for Government Building Projects

DEVB TCW No. 2/2013 – Greening on Footbridges and Flyovers

DEVB TCW No. 7/2015 – Tree Preservation

Maintenance of Vegetation and Hard Landscape Features

Environment, Transport and Works Bureau Technical Circular (Works) No. 29/2004

Registration of Old and Valuable Trees, and Guidelines for their Preservation

TPB PG-NO. 41 Guidelines on Submission of Visual Impact Assessment for Planning Applications to the Town Planning Boards