Press Releases
Year 2015
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16 Mar 2015
URA encourages young people to care about sustainable development through performing arts
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) has continued this year to organise a series of education and outreach activities encompassing the issues of urban regeneration to inspire young people to learn more about urban renewal. This year, the finale of the secondary school drama competition and gala show of the roving drama workshop for primary students were held on 13 March at the Youth Square in Chai Wan with nearly 400 people participating. Entering its fifth year, the drama competition titled "Building Tomorrow Today" aimed to encourage the students to express their aspirations and views on sustainable development through creative script writing and drama performance; while promoting the concerted effort of different segments in society such as families, schools, community, government, cor
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13 Mar 2015
URA Statement
With respect to the sales arrangements for the former owner-occupiers of properties in the Third Street/Yu Lok Lane/Centre Street Project who had enrolled for the "Expression of Interest in Purchasing Arrangement" (EIPA), Urban Renewal Authority (URA) makes the following statements: Prior to the sale of residential units in the Project, 11 of the said former owner-occupiers had confirmed their interests to select and purchase residential units in the Project pursuant to the EIPA ("Participating Owners"). URA has reserved a total of 11 residential units in the Project for the Participating Owners who will select and purchase one of the reserved residential units on 11 April 2015. To enable each of the Participating Owners to have sufficient time to consider the details of the residenti
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13 Mar 2015
URA’s Fuk Wing Street Project in Sham Shui Po received 13 tender offers
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) announced that a total of 13 tender offers have been received for the Fuk Wing Street Project in Sham Shui Po. A tender review panel will consider the tenders received and make recommendation to the URA Board for a decision on the award of a development agreement in respect of this project. Earlier, the URA invited 26 property developers to tender for the development of the project after they put forward their expressions of interest. The project covers a site area of about 596 square metres, between Castle Peak Road and Cheung Wah Street. Upon completion, it is planned to provide more than 90 residential units with a total residential gross floor area of about 4,471 square metres and 559 square metres of commercial gross floor area. (E
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9 Mar 2015
URA’s Community Service Partnership Scheme serves thousand residents in old districts
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) has partnered with 10 tertiary institutions and non-government organisations in 2014/15 academic year to bring love and care to the disadvantaged families, senior citizens, ethnic minority and visually-impaired people in old districts under the Community Service Partnership Scheme (CSPS). CSPS is a collective effort to bring hearty services to people in the old districts. Through collaboration with universities and social service organisations, volunteer teams comprising URA staff and tertiary students have served the residents in the old districts under various programmes. Since the launch of CSPS in 2012/13 academic year, some 4,000 service hours have been achieved by about 440 volunteers for nearly 1,000 residents in the old districts. An appreciatio
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27 Feb 2015
URA issues acquisition offers to owners of Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) issued acquisition offers to property owners affected by the Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street Development Project in Sham Shui Po. Eligible owner-occupiers of domestic properties affected by the project are offered $10,649 per square foot of saleable area, which is equivalent to the unit rate of a notional replacement flat of seven-year-old situated in similar locality and of similar size. The acquisition offers for the project were deliberated and approved by the Land, Rehousing and Compensation Committee of the URA Board earlier. The Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street project affects a total of 101 property interests. Property owners will have 60 days to consider the URA's offers. The URA's prevailing acquisition policy for both domest
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30 Jan 2015
Invitation to Tender for Development of Fuk Wing Street Project in Sham Shui Po
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) invited a total of 26 property developers to tender for the development of Fuk Wing Street project in Sham Shui Po. Following the expression of interest exercise which was closed on 12 January 2015, a tender review panel under the URA Board has decided to invite 26 qualified property developers to tender for the project (full list at annex), after taking into consideration their experience and financial strength to undertake the development in accordance with the requirements and criteria set by the Authority. All tender submissions should reach the URA Headquarters at 26/F COSCO Tower, 183 Queen's Road Central, by 5:00 pm on Friday, 13 March 2015. The project covers a site area of about 596 square metres, abutting Fuk Wing Street betwee
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16 Jan 2015
URA commences 9th redevelopment project in Kowloon City
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) commenced the planning procedure of a Development Project at Chun Tin Street/Sung Chi Street in Kowloon City, commencing the eighth redevelopment project initiated by the Authority in addition to a demand-led redevelopment project now under way in the district. At a media briefing to outline details of the project, Director (Acquisition and Clearance) of the URA, Mr Ian Wong, said the problem of urban decay was serious in Kowloon City and the URA is committed to enhancing the living conditions in the district through continuous efforts in redevelopment and rehabilitation. There are about 2,300 residential and composite buildings aged 50 or more in Kowloon City District. "The projects commenced by the URA in Kowloon City altogether hav
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15 Jan 2015
Property acquisition for Hang On Street demand-led redevelopment project to start soon
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will soon issue conditional acquisition offers to property owners affected by the Hang On Street demand-led redevelopment project in Kwun Tong following its commencement in November 2014. It is the third demand-led redevelopment project under the third round of the pilot scheme. Eligible owner-occupiers of domestic properties of Nos. 12 - 30 Hang On Street (even numbers) will be offered $11,695 per square foot of saleable area which is equivalent to the unit rate of a notional replacement flat of seven-year-old situated in similar locality and of similar size. The conditional offers for the project were deliberated and approved by the Land, Rehousing and Compensation Committee of the URA Board yesterday (Wednesday). Letters setting out details of the c
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14 Jan 2015
URA to provide subsidised flats for sale
With respect to the announcement made by the Chief Executive in the 2015 Policy Address today (Wednesday) stating that the Government must actively explore ways to increase the supply of sale flats through a multi-pronged approach by engaging public or non-profit-making organisations including the Urban Renewal Authority (URA), the URA Board held a special meeting to discuss the matter this afternoon. Speaking after the special meeting, Chairman of the URA, Mr Victor So Hing-woh, said: "The URA fully supports the policy initiative by the Chief Executive to increase the supply of subsidised sale units as announced in the Policy Address. The URA looks forward to playing a role in providing more property choices and home ownership opportunities for Hong Kong people." The URA will actively
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12 Jan 2015
27 Expressions of Interest received for Development of Fuk Wing Street Project in Sham Shui Po
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) received a total of 27 Expressions of Interest for the development of Fuk Wing Street project in Sham Shui Po when the invitation for submission closed today (Monday). A tender review panel under the URA Board will shortlist qualified developers and invite them to submit tenders for the development project soon. The project covers a site area of about 596 square metres, abutting Fuk Wing Street between Castle Peak Road and Cheung Wah Street. Upon completion, it is planned to deliver more than 90 residential units with a total residential gross floor area of about 4,471 square metres and 559 square metres of commercial gross floor area. (ENDS)