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27/8/04 Bankers have joined hands with the
URA in a new initiative to provide better mortgage services to owners of
rehabilitated residential old buildings. |
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25/9/04 URA volunteers brought warmth to the
elderly in Sheung Wan in the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
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8/1/05 Owners of the URA rehabilitation
scheme buildings attended the press conference to launch theThird Party
Liability Insurance Subsidy to rehabilitated building. |
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25/1/05 The former Chief Executive Tung
Chee-hwa, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Great Eagle Holdings Limited
Dr. K. S. Lo, URA Chairman Mr. Edward Cheng Wai-sun and Managing Director Mr.
Billy Lam Chung-lun officiated the opening ceremony of Langham Place. |
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22/2/05 The Chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong
District Council, Mr Chan Man Yu; Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor, Mr Tsung
Po-shan and the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Mr T.T.
Cheung officiated at the ballot exercise for selecting the seven valuation
consultants for Larch Street/Fir Street and Pine Street/Anchor Street
redevelopment projects in Tai Kok Tsui.
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11/3/05 Social worker of URA Social Service
Team visited residents of Yee Kuk Street project in Sham Shui Po. |
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21/3/05 URA staff conducted briefing for
residents of Mallory Street/Burrows Street Project in Wanchai. |
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13/5/05 URA Chairman Mr. Edward Cheng Wai-sun
and Managing Director Mr Billy Lam Chung-lun visited residents of Yee Kuk Street
Redevelopment Project in Sham Shui Po. | |
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05/07/06
The URA set up a temporary office in Kwun Tong to enhance
communication.
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10/08/06
Over 85,000 people have visited the exhibition of
the three design concepts on display during the two-month consultation on Kwun
Tong Town Centre project. They included different sectors of the
community, professional bodies and government
departments.
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31/03/08 URA Chairman, Mr Barry Cheung Chun-yuen, meets the
media on the new conservation initiatives taken by the URA.
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21/04/08 URA Managing Dire ctor, Mr Quinn Law Yee-kwan, attends
a residents meeting of the Alliance of Kwun Tong¡¦s Urban Renewal to listen to
the views of residents affected by the Kwun Tong Town Centre project.
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07/08/08 About 100 participants attend a focus
meeting to express their views on how to maintain and enhance the local
character and vibrancy of the market in the vicinity of the Peel Street/Graham
Street (H18) project.
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08/09/08 A neighborhood centre commences service in Mong Kok to
enhance communication with the community.
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19/09/08 After the announcement of two
conservation projects (Prince Edward Road West/ Shanghai Street/Argyle Street),
URA staff conduct a 3-day freezing survey for tenants and residents and the
social services teams also provide counselling services to residents in
need.
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04/10/08 & 10/10/08 All practical suggestions and proposals
collected in the consultative sessions on the adaptive re-uses of the 20 pre-war
shophouses at Prince Edward Road West and Shanghai Street, will be submitted to
the Town Planning Board for consideration.
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05/10/08 The URA, Buildings Department and
Hong Kong Housing Society jointly organise a yearly event - "the Building Safety
Carnival" to enhance public awareness of building rehabilitation.
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20/11/08 The Resource Centre at Hip Wo Street,
Kwun Tong operates from 9 am to 9 pm, seven days a week, to provide one-stop
service to residents in need.
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10-26/11/08 A series of roving exhibitions
launched in November 2008 to refresh the community's memory of how Hong Kong's
decaying urban areas have been regenerated in the past two decades, and how
those efforts have resulted in improving people's lives.
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15/12/08 The Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang,
attends the "Toward Urban Renewal 3.0" cocktail reception. A full-day seminar
engaging overseas and local academics and officials to exchange views on the
models and challenges of urban renewal in some Asian cities is also held on the
same day.
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25/03/09 URA Chairman, Mr Barry Cheung
Chun-yuen, joins the Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam to officiate at
the Opening Ceremony of ¡§Idea Shop¡¨ located in Wan Chai.
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07/05/09 The Secretary for Development, Mrs
Carrie Lam, the Chairman of Urban Renewal Authority (URA), Mr Barry Cheung, and
the Chairman of Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) , Mr Yeung Ka-sing, to sign the
Memoranda of Understanding on the "Operation Building
Bright".
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22/05/09 Overseas experts attend the "Building an
environmentally sustainable future for Hong Kong" seminar organized by the URA
to share experience.
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21/07/09 First bond issue of URA receives enthusiastic
support.
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21/08/09 Guests attend the Opening Ceremony of the Urban
Renewal Exploration Centre and try multimedia games. |
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11/12/09 The Central Oasis Community Advisory Committee (COCAC)
is set up to advise the URA on revitalising the Ex-Central Market as an urban
oasis for Hong Kong people.
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17/01/10 The URA, Buildings Department and Hong Kong Housing
Society jointly organised "the Building Safety Carnival" to promote the
importance of building rehabilitation. |
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06/02/10 The Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam, and the
Chairman of the URA, Mr. Barry Cheung attended the Central Oasis e-Poll
Launching Ceremony cum URA Greeting Card Design Competition. The winner of Best
Participation Award (School) and Champions of junior and senior primary sections
also attended the event. |
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13/03/10 URA Managing Director, Mr Quinn Law, presenting an
award to one of the winners at the ceremony of Photo Competition on Historical
Buildings. |
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19/04/10 URA Board member, Mr Philip Kan Siu-lun (right),
presenting an award to one of the winners at the ceremony of the Comic Drawing
Competition on Building
Rehabilitation. | |
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| Last Update at :
14/05/2010 |
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