Page 70 - URA Annual Report 2021-22

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Contributing to Our Society
Our efforts to induce positive impacts through urban renewal have been extended to benefit the community at large. The URA has launched wide-range programmes for the public to learn, spread love and care to the residents, instill arts and culture in old districts and to create a vibrant environment for the community.
Caring for the Underprivileged
Adopting a people-first approach when delivering our core businesses of redevelopment and rehabilitation, the URA seeks opportunities to engage our partners and help people in need. During 2021/22, we continued to offer some refurbished flats in our acquired properties on Wing Lee Street and Staunton Street, as well as units in our rehousing blocks to NGOs and social enterprises for them to lease to underprivileged residents below the market rent.
Meanwhile, the URA’s ‘Home Repair Services Community Programme’ has extended its services to cover common areas including the spraying of anti-virus coating, cleaning of patios and conducting minor repair works for old buildings in Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po districts in 2021/22, benefitting over 800 families.
In addition, since January 2022, we have supported Food Angel by offering free space at Yue Man Square in Kwun Tong to set up their first smart food donation machine for the public to donate surplus food. The food collected will support Food Angel to prepare meals and food packs for those in need. We have also supported another of their initiatives by placing automated food dispensing machines at Yue Man Square and 618 Shanghai Street in Mong Kok for free, providing cook-chill meals 24 hours a day to the underprivileged, especially those working irregular hours. Up to June 2022, over 72,000 meal boxes have been distributed.
The ‘Home Repair Services Community Programme’ offers free repair services to grassroots families.
We have
Development and non-profit community organisations since March 2022 to dispense free face masks to the underprivileged families. As of June 2022, over 23,600 masks have been distributed.
also collaborated with New World
URA supports Food Angel by offering venue spaces to place the food donation machine (left) and food dispensing machine (right) for providing cook-chill meals to the underprivileged.
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