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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 會 長 的 話 on 8 March, hosted by The Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services. Chan spoke on the topic “To spend, or not to spend”, which was followed by a forum discussion and questions from the floor. Improvement on Town Planning Approval process On 27 February, the Institute released a report of a research study on the Town Planning Sr Thomas Ho Application system. Sr Lau Chun-kong, Land Policy Panel Chairman and HKIS Immediate Past President, assisted with compiling the research. arch was a busy month for the HKIS. As The report assesses causes which lead to the well as putting forth our views on various slowdown of the approval process and comes M up with six recommendations to speed things government policies such as the 2017- 18 Budget and the Town Planning Approval up. Hopefully, this will help shorten the process process, there was a Joint Institute Members’ to between two to three months. Please read the Forum organised by four Institutes prior to the Event Spotlight for more details. Chief Executive election.