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To raise the understanding of urban renewal among the youth, the URA co-organised with TWGHs the Young Leaders Programme 2021/22 to inspire secondary school students to devise creative proposals for enhancing the liveability of old district in To Kwa Wan through the application of spatial data. In collaboration with ESRI China, a total of 144 students attended training workshops on geographic information system to equip with knowledge and skill in the use of the application.
The URA has also partnered with the Institute of Vocational Education to organise the Innovative Design Competition to encourage students of related disciplines to apply knowledge in creating innovative devices to help improve the living quality of residents in old urban districts.
The Young Leaders Programme offers training on geographic information system to participating students bringing inspirations to their creative proposals on urban renewal.
Co-organised with Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, the Innovative Design Competition encourages students to create innovative devices for improving the living quality of residents in old urban districts.
Through remote communication with the cloud system, the award winning design ‘Smart Bus Stop’ can help the elderly and visually-impaired passengers avoid chances of skipping buses or getting on the wrong bus.
Promoting Arts and Culture in Old Districts
Urban renewal stresses also on the appreciation of local arts and culture which represent the characteristics of the old districts. In 2021/22, our ‘Arts and Cultural Partnership Programme in Old Urban Districts’ supported three new programmes and six ongoing programmes, reaching out to over 10,000 people. These programmes included activities to enliven old urban districts by bringing enjoyment to local residents and the general public who gathered to appreciate local characteristics. Since the programme inception, the URA has supported a total of 69 arts and cultural programmes, benefitting more than 686,000 people.
Through ‘Arts and Cultural Partnership Programme in Old Urban Districts’, URA supports community organisations to organise art and cultural activities to enrich the living quality of residents in old districts.
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