Seminar : RTPI x HKIP Joint Webinar - Healthy Cities and Communities: Learning Planning Practice in the UK and Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Institute of Planners
External Affairs Committee
Presents:
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) x
Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP)
Joint Webinar
“Healthy Cities and Communities: Learning Planning Practice
in the UK and Hong Kong”
We are honoured to welcome Dr. Ning FAN, Founder & Executive Board Director, Health In Action, Mr. Michael CHANG, Associate Town Planner of NHS Property Services and Ms. Marissa CHIZUM, Policy Planner, Planning & Economy, Environment & Infrastructure Services, Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland as our distinguished speakers, who will share their expert insights and experience on planning healthier, more liveable and inclusive communities in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Please see the event details in the attached poster and below:
Date : 7 May 2026 (Thursday)
Time : 6:30 pm– 7:45pm (HKT) // 11:30am – 12:45pm (BST)
Fee : Free of Charge
Mode : Hybrid (Physical# + Online)
(# For the HKIP members who would like to attend the webinar in person at the HKIP office, please reply to this email to reserve your seat.)
Language : English
CPD Hour : 1 hours 15 minutes
Registration: Please click here (Or scan the QR code on the poster)
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Ning FAN
Founder & Executive Board Director, Health In Action
Chairman, Forget Thee Not
Director, Happy Aging Laboratory Foundation
Dr Fan is a surgeon as well as social innovator. He had served in slums in Manila, post earthquake zone in Sichuan, Nepal and Haiti. In Hong Kong, he developed a social-medical integrated model for providing services to residents in subdivided units which inspired the model of Community Living Room nowadays. He believed that providing options to increase access to green space, healthy food, leisure / sport activities, and social participation is better than taking medicine.
Moreover, space use that aims to maintain and enhance wellbeing of individuals and families is more important than building hospital and clinics to Dr Fan. Recently, he has been actively involved in use of space with more public health focus. He was involved in Well·Being Project of Housing Bureau, being joint partner of HKIP in ‘Healthy City’ Proposal for Yau Mong districts, and be partnered consultant for crematorium design and cremation technologies under ArchSD, HKSAR. His motto: prescribing love and hope in community is the best medicine.
Mr. Michael CHANG
Associate Town Planner, NHS Property Services
Michael is a Chartered Fellow Town Planner and leading authority on healthy placemaking, integrating over 15 years of policy, research, and public health expertise. He has shaped national planning and health policy, contributing evidence to reforms of the UK planning system, NHS England healthy new towns, and planning food environments.
He is prolific researcher and author of numerous peer‑reviewed publications, including focused on systems approaches to local planning for health, and health in the statutory local plans in England. Michael helps implement research and evidence into actionable guidance for government, practitioners, and international bodies. He holds visiting academic positions across leading universities and advises various bodies including the WHO European Healthy Cities Network Scientific Committee. Michael leads Healthy Planning at NHS Property Services and is undertaking a PhD at the University of Bristol
Ms. Marissa CHIZUM
Policy Planner, Planning & Economy, Environment & Infrastructure Services, Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland
Marissa is a planner working in Scotland with a focus on the intersection of public health and the built environment. Her work involves supporting the integration of health and wellbeing considerations into planning policy and evidence.
She has been involved in developing evidence around the food environment, including school zone analysis and community engagement to inform approaches such as Takeaway Management Zones, and works closely with public health colleagues to explore how these approaches can be translated into policy and delivery in practice.
Successful applicants will be notified by email separately and the meeting link will be provided upon successful registration.
Should you have any queries on the event, please contact Mr. Hinson Chung at 2915 6212 or info@hkip.org.hk.
Look forward to seeing you
