Awards and Recognitions

The Urban Renewal Authority strives to improve the living conditions of the elderly tenants in the URA projects through the ""Home Improvement Community Programme"".

Since 2021/22, we have collaborated with two NGOs to provide comprehensive refurbishment for 12 infirm elderly tenants affected by the URA projects who were allocated new Public Rental Housing (PRH) units. The home design and tailor-made furniture provided in their refurbished flats were based on the assessments of the elderlies’ physical conditions, ensuring that their practical needs for now and in the future are met while improving their living environment.

The Programme was acknowledged with a Certificate of Merit in the Outstanding Partnership Project Award 2021-22 under the Caring Company Scheme from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service in recognition of the collocative effort of the URA and the partnering NGOs.

Nowadays, the Internet permeates every aspect of our daily life, allowing people to access information and services online, and interact with each other anytime anywhere. Making websites and mobile applications accessible not only facilitates everyone including disability groups, but also helps facilitating business development and building an inclusive society.

The Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC) to organise Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme. The scheme encourages local enterprises and organisations to adopt accessibility design in their websites and mobile applications. The Building Rehabilitation Platform has received this award for the first time since its operation in 2019.

The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON) Conservation Awards are awards dedicated to the recognition of professionals in the field of architectural conservation. The awards recognise architectural conservationists for achieving excellence in conservation projects in Hong Kong.

Central Market is appreciated for its efforts to conserve a reinforced concrete building in the sub-tropical climate of Hong Kong, which extends its physical life as well as showcasing solutions for the conservation of similar buildings in Hong Kong. With its ambitious public engagement activities, the project revives a local landmark for Hong Kong reinstating a place of collective memory for public use.

In driving the “Smart Urban Renewal” work, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) decided to build a Geographic Information System (GIS) based system, named “Urban Renewal Information System” (URIS) and embarked on the journey to become a data-driven organisation with an IT-savvy workforce.  A dedicated training plan with a series of customised in-house training programmes was implemented to support the development of URIS, sharpen our staff’s mindset for change and groom them to become Location Intelligence talents.

Nurturing our staff is one of the missions of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). We developed our own all-in-one enterprise learning management and knowledge exchange platform to safeguard URA’s critical knowledge and unique project experience, enrich staff’s learning experience and automate the training administration for better operational efficiency.  The Learning Platform was launched during the COVID-pandemic period, offering a flexible and effective learning experience for all staff regardless of their work locations.