Awards and Recognitions

Urban decay is a perennial problem across Hong Kong and redevelopment alone is no longer the resolution of the problem. The success of urban renewal hinges very much upon building rehabilitation to prolong service life, thereby slowing down the pace of urban decay. The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) formulated a strategy in 2020 to promote the maintenance and improvement of individual buildings (Rehabilitation). This involves resources of monumental scale. A scientific and holistic approach that takes into consideration valid factors affecting every individual area’s or building’s suitability for Rehabilitation is necessary to ensure resources are invested where it is most needed with optimal outcomes. To deal with the enormity of data involved for the above is a formidable task. To overcome, URA developed an information system capable of processing and analyzing multiple layers of building related data from various sources for implementation of the strategy.

Lift Works Tender Price Index (LWTPI) is the first index of lift works in Hong Kong. The URA, EMSD, RLB, industry professionals, and lift associations collaborated to develop the index, using both traditional methods and AI assistance ensuring its accuracy, comprehensiveness, and usefulness. The LWTPI helps the URA monitor tender prices and make informed decisions.

The URA works in partnership with the government to administer various schemes aims at improving the living standards of citizens. By adopting a professional, innovative, sustainable, and collaborative approach, the URA efficiently makes use of government resources and funding to help people in need in a sustainable manner.

The Employees Retraining Board (ERB) launched the “ERB Manpower Developer Award Scheme” (the Scheme) to recognise organisations which demonstrate outstanding achievements in manpower training and development as Manpower Developers (MDs). As part of the Scheme, the effectiveness of the strategies and practices in manpower training and development of participating organisation will be reviewed and evaluated in accordance with a set of objectives and assessment criteria established by the independent Technical Consultant. Urban Renewal Authority (URA) fulfilled the criteria and acknowledged as MDs from 2018 to 2025.