Introduction to the HKIP

Formation of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) was initiated in the mid-1970s. After completion of the Constitution and By-laws and the Code of Professional Conduct, the Institute officially started operation in 1978 and was inaugurated in July 1979. In May 1991, the Institute became a statutory body with the enactment of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners Incorporation Ordinance 1991 by the Legislative Council.

The Institute is recognised by all concerned local and overseas organisations as the professional planning institute representing the planning profession in Hong Kong. The Council of the Institute appoints Members to sit on the Planners Registration Board established under the Planners Registration Ordinance. The Institute's full membership is accepted by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and private consultant firms for appointment purposes.

The Institute is one of the professional institutes in the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape Architectural functional constituency for the Legislative Council elections. It is also one of the ten professional bodies which meet to discuss matters of common interest. Its members sit on such committees as the Antiquity Advisory Board, the Land and Building Advisory Committee, the Advisory Council on the Environment and the Professional Persons Environmental Consultative Committee as well as their sub-committees. It is a member of several international professional bodies including the Eastern Region Organisation on Planning and Housing (EAROPH).

Objectives
The objectives of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners are:

• To promote and safeguard development and the environment in Hong Kong in the best interests of the community. 
• To raise the status and to safeguard the interests of the town planning profession and those engaged in it. 
• To promote the community's awareness of the contribution of town planning. 
• To promote education and research in town planning. 
• To ensure that town planning professionals in the practice possess adequate professional competence through the admission into the Institute's membership.  
• To secure the confidence of the community in the professional qualifications of members of the Institute.
• To promote co-operation and understanding with other institutes and associations with similar objectives.

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