Press Releases
Year 2023
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19 Oct 2023
URA Urges Public to Beware of Suspicious Webpage Related to the Kai Tak Development Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) urges the public to be vigilant about, and cautious of, a suspicious webpage about the URA’s Kai Tak Development Project (the Project). The URA was alerted to a webpage with the domain name www.first-developer.com/denovo featuring the logo, photos and information related to the Project. The webpage claims that onsite and show flat visits can be arranged for members of the public. Buttons that direct the visitors to an instant messaging application to contact the “sales department” of the Project are also provided on the webpage. The URA wishes to emphasise that it has never authorised this webpage to use the logo, photos or information related to the Project, and that it has no affiliation with the webpage. The URA is taking this matter seriously wi
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17 Oct 2023
Invitation to Tender – URA’s Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (17 October 2023) invited a total of 32 developers and consortia to submit a tender for the development of the Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project (the Project) in Kowloon City. The URA will provide the tender documents to the invited developers and consortia to prepare their tenders. Interested developers or consortia have to submit their tender proposals to URA Headquarters at 26/F COSCO Tower, 183 Queen’s Road Central, by 12 noon on 16 November 2023 (Thursday). Late submissions will not be considered. A tender review panel under the URA Board will carefully examine the submissions received and recommend to the URA Board to make the decision regarding the award of the development contract of the Project. The Project,
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9 Oct 2023
Invitation for Expression of Interest – URA’s Kai Tak Road / Sa Po Road Development Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will invite interested developers and consortia to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to develop the Kai Tak Road / Sa Po Road Development Project (the Project) in Kowloon City tomorrow (10 October 2023). The Project, which was commenced in February 2019, was approved by the Chief Executive in Council on 29 September 2020. Covering a site area of 5,307 square metres, the Project will provide approximately 810 residential units with a maximum total gross floor area of 47,763 square metres. In addition, about 800 square metres of the gross floor area will be provided as a Children Care Centre for community uses. As a key component in achieving planning-led and integrated urban renewal, the Project aims to create a vital node that strategically co
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26 Sep 2023
260 “Starter Homes” Units at the URA’s eResidence Tower 3 Open for Application from Tomorrow
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will accept applications for the 260 units at eResidence Tower 3, a Starter Homes (SH) Project for Hong Kong Residents, starting from tomorrow (27 September 2023) until 7 pm on 18 October 2023. In response to the Government’s housing initiative, eResidence has been assigned as an SH project, in which the units were sold at discounted prices to cater for the needs of first-time home buyers. Following the completion of eResidence Towers 1 and 2, an adjacent URA redevelopment project at Chun Tin Street / Sung Chi Street in Hung Hom is designated as eResidence Tower 3 and will integrate to the completed towers to form a cohesive community. Among the 260 SH units in eResidence Tower 3, a flat mix comprising 125 one-bedroom, 108 two-bedroom and 27 three-
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15 Sep 2023
URA’s Queen’s Road West / Kwai Heung Street Development Project Authorised by the Secretary for Development
The Secretary for Development (SDEV) has authorised the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to proceed with the Queen’s Road West / Kwai Heung Street Development Project (the Project) in the Central and Western district. A Gazette notice of this development project under the Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance (URAO) was published today (15 September 2023). During the two-month publication period after the commencement of the Project on 2 December 2022, the URA received submissions of general comments and objections which were considered in accordance with the provisions of the URAO. The URA then submitted its deliberations on the objections to the SDEV on 28 April 2023. After carefully considering the URA’s submission, the unwithdrawn objections, the URA’s related deliberations as well as t
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29 Aug 2023
32 Expressions of Interest Received for URA’s Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) received a total of 32 Expressions of Interest for the development of the Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project (the Project) in Kowloon City when the invitation for submission closed today (29 August 2023). A tender review panel under the URA Board will shortlist the qualified developers and consortia from the submissions, taking into consideration their experience in property developments in the past and financial capability to undertake the Project in accordance with the shortlisting criteria set by the tender review panel. Based on the principal tender terms approved by the URA Board, shortlisted developers and consortia will be invited to submit tenders for the development of the Project. The Project, which commenced in May 2
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14 Aug 2023
Invitation for Expression of Interest – URA’s Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will invite interested developers and consortia to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to develop the Shing Tak Street / Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project (the Project) in Kowloon City tomorrow (15 August 2023). The Project, which commenced in May 2020 and authorised by the Government, is one of the URA’s pilot projects to redevelop buildings under the Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society (CBS) Scheme. To assist CBS members in navigating through complicated dissolution procedures and to obtain ownership titles of the properties they occupied, the URA provided free legal consultation services and other forms of support. Thanks to their cooperation, all the 154 ex-CBS members affected by this Project were relocated by March 2023, six mon
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14 Jul 2023
URA Welcomes the Appointment of Wilfred Au as Executive Director
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (14 July 2023) welcomes the Government’s appointment of Mr Wilfred Au as an Executive Director of the URA for a term of three years commencing from 15 July 2023. Mr Au will succeed Mr Eric Poon who is retiring upon completion of his term of office. Mr Au will be responsible for formulating and implementing policies and initiatives on matters relating to planning and design, property and land, and corporate services. “Joined in 2008 and later promoted as Director of Planning and Design of the URA, Mr Au is well versed with the entire range of operations at the URA and has extensive experience in urban renewal project planning. He has been involved in various aspects of these projects, including setting strategic directions for large-scale rede
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29 Jun 2023
URA Provides Further Rent Relief Measures for Tenants
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announces today (29 June 2023) that it will provide a further extension of rent relief for domestic and commercial tenants in its properties for another three months, from July 2023 to the end of September 2023, in a bid to support its tenants during the post-pandemic economic recovery period. Since April 2020, the URA has provided rent relief measures for its tenants. The cumulative value of earlier rent concessions, together with the budget earmarked for the upcoming round of rent relief, is estimated to be approximately HK$267 million. Taking into consideration that social life and the economy are gradually returning to normal, and the business performance of the tenants in general is steadily improving, the URA has formulated the latest round of
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6 Jun 2023
URA Urges Public to Beware of Fraudulent Electronic Messages
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today urges the public to be vigilant about, and cautious of, fraudulent electronic messages purporting to be related to the work of URA. The URA has become aware that some members of the public have been receiving messages via instant messaging apps from individuals, claiming to have been referred by URA staff to set up a meeting. The URA wishes to clarify and emphasise that these messages are fake and are in no way related to the Authority. The URA is taking this matter seriously with appropriate actions being considered. Following the commencement of redevelopment project, the name and contact number of a dedicated URA case officer will be provided to property owners and tenants either by phone or during visits, so as to answer any queries about