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Assisting NGOs in Developing Transitional Housing (TH)
In response to the Government’s invitation in the 2019 Policy Address to assist NGOs in developing TH, the URA provided managerial and technical services to the relevant NGOs for TH developments in the Hung Shui Kiu (HSK) and Ta Kwu Ling (TKL) sites. Planning submission and funding for the HSK site with the URA acting as the project manager were approved in August 2021 and the building contract was awarded in May 2022. The development is scheduled for completion in 2023, providing about 400 TH units. For the TKL site, planning submission was approved by TPB in January 2022. The development will be undertaken by the relevant NGO and is scheduled for completion in 2023, providing about 600 TH units.
An artist impression of the transitional housing project in Hung Shui Kiu
‘Single Site, Multiple Uses’ for NGO Sites
In response to the 2019 Policy Address inviting the URA to offer facilitation and planning services to NGOs to maximise the development potential of their under-utilised sites under the ‘Single Site, Multiple Uses’ model, a facilitation scheme was launched in January 2021 in which the URA would provide support to NGOs for worthy projects.
Up to June 2022, enquiries from 29 NGOs and four expressions of interests (EOIs) were received. An initial appraisal report was completed in November 2021 for a site in Tuen Mun and the URA has entered into a service agreement with the NGO concerned for conducting preliminary assessments. URA is currently examining the feasibility and eligibility respectively of the other two EOIs covering sites in Sham Shui Po and Sha Tin districts with relevant Government departments, whereas the remaining EOI was turned down at the initial appraisal stage as there were limited opportunities to incorporate additional floor space into the site through in-situ redevelopment of the site itself or amalgamation with the adjoining land.
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