Urban Renewal Authority

27 Apr 2013

The government has come under fire for extending the tenure of Barry Cheung Chun-yuen as Urban Renewal Authority chairman beyond the "six-year rule".

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Kai Tak flat-for-flat offer fails to excite

26 Apr 2013

The flat-for-flat scheme, set up in 2011, gives those displaced from old buildings the choice of a flat in the new development or nearby, or opt for financial compensation. The aim is to preserve...

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Rooftop residents get special URA cash offer

13 Apr 2013

The Urban Renewal Authority has stepped in and offered special cash subsidies to rooftop residents of a Sham Shui Po building who fought against eviction by a private landlord last month.

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HK$700m conservation project lost in time

8 Apr 2013

A plan to conserve a row of historic shophouses in Mong Kok's flower market has been delayed indefinitely, with the Urban Renewal Authority acquiring only half of the properties there.

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Residents welcome URA plan to rip down Sham Shui Po block

9 Mar 2013

A crumbling, heavily subdivided corner block in Sham Shui Po, built more than 50 years ago, will be replaced with a 25-storey development by 2021 under plans announced by the Urban Renewal...

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Business cut short at alleyway hairdresser

9 Mar 2013

Feng Yan-ping operates a long-established, licensed hair salon stall in the alleyway right behind the blocks slated for redevelopment. Unluckily for her, the stall lies a few centimetres outside...

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Lift deterrent to use of industrial land, URA chief Barry Cheung says

A top aide of the chief executive has floated proposals to release industrial land more quickly for housing, including reducing the land premiums that site owners must pay for redevelopment.

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URA to spend HK$1.7b renovating Cheung Sha Wan factory from 1960s

The Urban Renewal Authority has announced a plan to turn a 10-storey industrial building in Cheung Sha Wan into a commercial building at a cost of HK$1.7 billion.

The URA said it expected...

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URA to redevelop Cheung Sha Wan industrial building

A 10-storey industrial building in Cheung Sha Wan will be redeveloped into a commercial building at a cost of HK$1.7 billion in the latest project of the Urban Renewal Authority.

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Ex-URA chief denies agreeing to Cheung Kong fee waiver

A former Urban Renewal Authority chairman says he has never heard any suggestion from Cheung Kong's No 2 man Victor Li Tzar-kuoi that the developer would be released from outstanding payments for...

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COURTS

Developer should foot the bill: Urban Renewal Authority

A Cheung Kong unit agreed to pay for the resumption of land on which The Center was built, and the agreement is still in force, lawyers for the Urban Renewal Authority told a court yesterday.

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