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2006
2010
Implementation of the ‘4Rs’ urban renewal holistic strategies on multiple fronts covering Redevelopment, Rehabilitation, pReservation and Revitalisation, with an aim to bring greater social and planning benefits to the community.
2006 Launched the largest single redevelopment project of Kwun Tong Town Centre Project with the adoption of the pioneering ‘district-based’ planning
approach.
2008 A revitalised heritage of The Pawn 2010 standing in harmony with the new
development in the neighbourhood.
2009 Operation Building Bright was launched to provide subsidies and one-stop technical support to encourage owners to
carry out building rehabilitation.
Completed the Tsuen Wan Town Centre Project, of which the Citywalk posseses a piazza of 40,000 square feet and a Vertical Garden of 8,000 square feet. It is one of the largest green shopping malls in Hong Kong.
Commenced the Ma Tau Wai Road/Chun Tin Street Project, which involved the redevelopment of a tenement building collapsed in January along with two groups of neighbouring buildings with over 50 years of age, so as to ensure public safety and address the accommodation needs of the residents.
URA proactively proposed to conserve the tenement buildings at 10-12 Wing Lee Street, which were built in the 1950s, to maintain the terrace ambience.