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CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY 43 and individual visitors. Besides, the education portal “Urban Renewal Web Academy”, designed in support of secondary and primary schools’ syllabi, was also revamped with enriched content and easier navigation. New stories and interactive games relating to urban renewal topics were added to inspire students to better understand URA’s work and urban renewal issues. The response from the education sector has been very positive. As a new initiative, the URA has also collaborated with HKU’s Education Department in the design of teaching materials relating to urban renewal for respective primary and secondary subjects. The teaching materials were uploaded to the education portal for school teachers’ use. Another new initiative launched in 2017/18 was a collaboration with the Institute of Vocational Education for an innovative design competition open to their engineering and architectural design students. The competition encouraged students of the various professional disciplines to use innovative ideas to enhance the living quality of the elderly in old districts. The competition also helped improve the participating students’ awareness of the living conditions in old districts, and turned their knowledge and practical technology into a purpose-built living environment through the 4Rs (Redevelopment, Rehabilitation, pReservation and Revitalisation) of urban renewal. The education portal “Urban Renewal Web Academy” revamped with enriched contents to inspire students to better understand URA’s work and urban renewal issues. The winners of the URA/IVE Innovative Design Competition use their creativity to enhance living quality of elderly in old districts. The winning entry, named as “DOME”, helps the elderly people reintegrate into the community, adding social harmony to the community.