Page 28 - URA Annual Report 2021-22

MAJOR EVENTS OF THE YEAR
APR
The Yue Man Square Public Transport Interchange at Kwun Tong Town Centre has commenced operation. As the city’s largest indoor public transport interchange, the state-of-the-art facilities is equipped with various smart elements such as the AI sensor-controlled boarding gate system at bus termini, and air-conditioning, providing the public with enhanced communal facilities.
MAY
The Building Drainage System Repair Subsidy Scheme has been commenced. The scheme offers financial and professional support to owners in need for implementing drainage improvement works.
JUN
The last Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society (CBS) at the Shing Tak Street/Ma Tau Chung Road Development Project (CBS-1:KC) has successfully completed its dissolution with the help of free legal consultation services provided by the URA. More than 90 percent of the owners have accepted the URA’s acquisition offers.
JUL
The Urban Renewal Information System (URIS), developed by the URA, received the 2021 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for its ability to consolidate data of the built environment and its exemplary performance of GIS application in
the work of urban regeneration.
AUG
The revitalised Central Market celebrated its soft opening, marking a new milestone for the Grade III historic building. The Central Market has been transformed into a ‘Playground for All’ to connect neighbours, the old and the new generations, in addition to signifying the functions of the market.
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