Press Releases
Year 2018
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6 Jul 2018
Application for two new building rehabilitation subsidy schemes begins next week
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Development Bureau and the Security Bureau for the launch of Operation Building Bright 2.0 Scheme (OBB 2.0 Scheme) and Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme (FSW Scheme) respectively. The URA will also take over the work of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) under the Mandatory Building Inspection Subsidy Scheme (MBISS). Being fully responsible for handling all new MBISS applications including the areas originally served by HKHS, URA will provide a one-stop and comprehensive support to property owners on various building rehabilitation initiatives. Application for OBB 2.0 Scheme and FSW Scheme will start concurrently on next Monday (9 July). The application will be closed on 31
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29 Jun 2018
URA’s Ma Tau Wai Road/Chun Tin Street Project
The Chief Executive announced today (Friday) a new Government housing initiative of inviting the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to assign its redevelopment project at Ma Tau Wai Road/Chun Tin Street as a “Starter Homes” Pilot Project (Pilot Project) and to provide 450 units of the redevelopment project as “Starter Homes” units for sale. A URA spokesman said that the URA welcomes the Government’s new initiative and the URA Board would deliberate and resolve the initiative at its meeting in July 2018. Upon approval by the Board, the URA will formulate the pre-sale mechanism and implementation details of the Pilot Project with the Government. The Ma Tau Wai Road/Chun Tin Street Project is a redevelopment project developed by the URA itself. The project is expected to be issued with the
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22 Jun 2018
URA commences a redevelopment project in Kowloon City to further enhance district environment
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) commences the statutory planning procedures of the Wing Kwong Street/Sung On Street Development Project (KC-014) in Kowloon City to carry through the holistic and district-based approach which the Authority has adopted in rejuvenating the district. A “planning-led” approach will be adopted to further enhance the road network and pedestrian environment, with an aim to maximise the planning and community benefits for the district. The KC-014 Project is located in the vicinity of five URA’s redevelopment projects, which were commenced under the district-based approach for Kowloon City since 2016. The KC-014 Project covers Nos. 44 – 54A Ngan Hon Street (even numbers) and Nos. 72 – 118 Wing Kwong Street (even numbers) and has a total area of
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12 Jun 2018
Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited wins development contract of URA’s Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Tuesday) announced that the contract for the development of Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project (the Project) in Sham Shui Po has been awarded to World Fame Shipping Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited. The tender amount offered by World Fame Shipping Limited is HK$1,029.2 million, which is the highest among the tender submissions received by the URA for this project. The URA earlier invited 38 property developers to submit tenders for the Project following an expression of interest exercise. The URA received a total of 20 tenders from these 38 property developers when the submission of tender closed on 30 May 2018. After careful deliberation, the URA Board considered that the te
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7 Jun 2018
Progress of archaeological excavation works of Nga Tsin Wai Village Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced today (7 June) the preliminary findings of the Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) of the Nga Tsin Wai Village Project (The Project) as well as the works in progress. This includes a further archaeological investigation and excavation based on the recommendations made by the independent archaeological expert for a holistic assessment of the site’s overall heritage value. At the media briefing held today, URA’s Executive Director (Commercial), Mr Michael Ma, presents the preliminary findings of the AIA and recaps on the project background. As early as 2006, the URA commissioned a conservation expert of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Mr Laurence Loh, to conduct an initial heritage study of the
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30 May 2018
20 tenders received for development of URA’s Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) received a total of 20 tenders for the Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project (the Project) in Sham Shui Po when the invitation for submission of tender closed today (Wednesday). A tender review panel (TRP) under the URA Board will consider the tenders received and make recommendation to the URA Board for its decision on the award of the development of the Project. The URA earlier invited interested developers to submit Expressions of Interest for the Project. After careful consideration of the Expressions of Interest received, the TRP invited 38 property developers to submit tender. Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Project will be the first URA tender project to implement the new arrangement of publishing information on joint ventu
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7 May 2018
URA to issue acquisition offers to Sung Hing Lane/Kwai Heung Street project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will soon issue acquisition offers to property owners affected by the Sung Hing Lane/Kwai Heung Street redevelopment project (the Project) in the Central and Western District. Eligible owner-occupiers of domestic properties of the Project will be offered $23,568 per square foot of saleable area which is the unit rate of a notional replacement flat of seven years old situated in the same locality (“Notional Unit Rate”). The Notional Unit Rate is approved by the Land, Rehousing and Compensation Committee (LRCC) of the URA Board today (Monday). In line with the established mechanism, the URA appointed seven independent consultancy firms by open ballot to assess the Notional Unit Rate for the Project. The whole process is transparent and open. The U
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3 May 2018
Invitation to Tender for Development of URA’s Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Thursday) invites a total of 38 property developers to tender for the development of the Tung Chau Street/Kweilin Street Redevelopment Project (the Project) in Sham Shui Po. The URA will provide the relevant tender documents to the invited property developers, based on which they can submit tenders for the development. All tender submissions should reach the URA Headquarters at 26/F, COSCO Tower, 183 Queen’s Road Central, by 12:00 noon on 30 May 2018 (Wednesday). Any submission of the tender received after the specified closing time mentioned above will not be accepted. The tender review panel will consider the tenders received and then make recommendation to the URA Board for its decision on the award of the development of the Project. T
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3 May 2018
URA encourages young people to use innovative ideas to enhance living quality of elderly in old districts
To encourage tertiary students to apply their knowledge and skills, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) joined hands to co-organise the “URA/IVE Innovative Design Competition 2018” which provided an opportunity for young people to improve the living quality of elderly in old districts through creative designs. The final adjudication cum award presentation ceremony of the competition was held last night (Wednesday), where Non-Executive Director of the URA Board, Professor Eddie Hui Chi-man; Deputy Executive Director of the VTC, Ir Dr Eric Liu Sai-lok; and Managing Director of the URA, Ir Wai Chi-sing, assessed the submissions and presented the awards to the winning teams. In Hong Kong, m
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24 Apr 2018
URA Board approves new arrangement for publishing information on joint venture development tenders
The Board of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Tuesday) approved a new arrangement for publishing information on joint venture development tender results, which will be implemented in the announcement of the next development tender award, in response to the Government’s new initiative introduced in March on disclosing information about successful tenderer under its land sale programme. At present, upon the URA Board’s approval for tender award, the URA would issue a press release to announce to the public the identity of the successful tenderer and its holding company. Under the new arrangement approved by URA Board, in addition to publishing the name of the successful tenderer and its holding company through a press release at the time of the tender award by the URA Board, the