市區更新不單是指於舊區進行重建發展、樓宇復修、保育及活化，要做到可持續發展，必須要能在更新後，為社區內的新、舊建設和環境以及區內的成員，重新建立網絡和凝聚力，促進已更新社區的發展。 市建局明白社區由人而生，而重塑社區網絡涉及不同進程和元素，當中包括策劃起動、社區參與、促進發展、賦權共創、鞏固發展等。去年，我在網誌中提及有關H19項目將在重建以外的市區更新模式，探索可促進這地區可持續發展的活化方案。市建局以促進者的角色，主動為H19項目進行「社區營造研究」，並委託「香港社會創投基金」連繫項目位處的社區內不同的持分者，透過不同形式的參與和交流，以「由下而上」的模式，尋求可建立和諧、共融社區的...

The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (30 June 2020) announces that the second round of Operation Building Bright 2.0 Scheme (OBB 2.0 Scheme) and Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme (FSW Scheme) will open for application on 2 July 2020.  Together with the launch of the Building Maintenanc...

To cope with relevant inspection by the government, the section of 24-hour passageway inside the Central Market will be temporarily closed from 8 July 2020 for approximately 6 weeks. During the closure, pedestrians may use the alternative route on the ground level of Jubilee Street and Queen Victoria Street, while the existing escalator (towards Queen Victoria Street) and staircase (towards Jubilee Street) connecting the Central Market and the footbridge leading to the Hang Seng Bank’s Head Office, as well as the staircase (towards Queen’s Road Central) connecting to the Mid-levels escalators will remain in operation.