Awards and Recognitions

Urban Renewal Information System (URIS) is a state-of-the-art project of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) applying Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to the urban renewal process. Within URIS environment, applications are designed for the business needs. URIS facilitates teamwork at divisional and corporate levels. With the use of GIS applications, calculation assumptions are more transparent and easy to comprehend. URIS proves the possibility of making a win-win-win situation where effective & efficient inter-divisional communication, trustworthy assessment and advanced spatial technology can be synergized for the greater good. URA team envisions that further advancement of URIS continues to empower surveyors, propelling new momentum and opportunities for a smarter city.

Ombudsman's Awards 2022 - The Story of Kam Ling Court

The subject building, Kam Ling Court, is a 13 storeys building at Nos. 10-20 Whitty Street HK which was built in 1963 with 78 domestic units. Most of the owners in this building are elderly.

The chairman and active members of the Kam Ling Court's Owners' Corporation (OC) were all in their eighties. The OC determined to response the received statutory orders and applied to join the rehabilitation subsidy scheme. And these elderly members of the OC worried much for their lack of the knowledge and understanding for planning and proceeding the inspection and repair works.

Mr. Charles Sun, the assigned URA case officer to Kam Ling Court understood the difficulties and problems encountered by the OC of this building, and offered the guidance to the OC all along the journey of the rehabilitation process till the end of the works.

The extra effort by the URA staff to help the needy owners for the successful completion of the project was appreciated by the Office of the Ombudsman for the Ombudsman Award.

The Quality Building Award (QBA) is a biennial industry award bestowed upon industry players demonstrating excellent teamwork capabilities and maintaining the highest standards of professionalism in the design and construction of quality buildings.

Central Market was awarded for setting an example in balancing the goals of conservation and revitalization to attract the public's attention and consumption.

In driving the “Smart Urban Renewal” work, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) decided to build a Geographic Information System (GIS) based system, named “Urban Renewal Information System” (URIS) and embarked on the journey to become a data-driven organisation with an IT-savvy workforce.  A dedicated training plan with a series of customised in-house training programmes was implemented to support the development of URIS, sharpen our staff’s mindset for change and groom them to become Location Intelligence talents.