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Written by: Wang Jieen
2020-08-30 10:59
Last update date: 2020-08-30 10:59The third wave of pneumonia continued. The Chief Executive of the Urban Renewal Authority, Wei Zhicheng, published a blog today (30th), stating that the epidemic has affected the work of the URA’s redevelopment projects. For eligible tenants who choose to be resettled, there are 4 times lottery arrangements that need to be postponed for the side buildings, about 250 people The tenant is affected.
Wei Zhicheng pointed out that the URA later rented the hotel's banquet hall and divided it into separate rooms to hold a large-scale lottery side building. A total of 240 tenants have been allocated resettlement units, and most of the tenants are now organized. Arrangements for "upstairs".
The URA arranged for a lottery to allocate houses in the hotel banquet hall. Eligible tenants were arranged to wait in different rooms. During this period, a video conference was used to witness the lottery process (left). (Urban Construction Bureau website)
Delayed reconstruction work under the epidemic
Wei Zhicheng pointed out that a total of 10 redevelopment projects in To Kwawan, Central and Western District and Dajiaozui have entered the acquisition and clearance stage. Among them, the resettlement and return of units for more than 200 tenants were not carried out as scheduled due to the epidemic. Site clearance, disassembly, bidding, etc.
He pointed out that in the past, when the URA completed the acquisition of the property ownership in the redevelopment project, eligible tenants who chose to relocate would arrange for them to attend the side building and draw the number of the allocated unit from the lottery box. However, under the epidemic situation, the government and some law firms implemented "work-at-home" arrangements, and the community halls where lotteries were arranged had to be closed. Therefore, four lottery arrangements need to be postponed, affecting approximately 250 tenants.
240 tenants guessed the allocation of units
Wei Zhicheng said that taking into account the needs of the residents, the URA resumed its side building work in May this year and rented a hotel banquet hall in Kowloon City to replace the community hall and allocate public housing and resettlement units for 72 eligible tenants. .
The team set the banquet hall with an area of about 4,000 square feet into 9 independent small rooms, with a maximum of 8 tenants as a group, and arranged them in each waiting area. Staff and tenants are required to wear masks, take their body temperature, and provide alcohol handrubs at the lottery.
With reference to this experience, the URA conducted a number of lotteries for additional buildings from May to August. Together with the previous 72 tenants, 240 tenants have been allocated resettlement units. Most tenants have now The allocation result is arranged "upstairs".
During the handover period, the URA arranged a robot in the Huanran Yiju Office (left picture), which was equipped with a disinfectant spray (middle) to disinfect the site regularly and installed infrared temperature detection function (right picture). (Urban Construction Bureau website)
Disinfect the delivery site
In addition, when the Hong Kong people’s first car-buying project "Huanran Yiju" was handed over, the URA introduced a service robot developed by a foreign country. The robot will be in the "Huanran Yiju" from June to August. It can disinfect the site area and also install infrared body temperature detection function.
He also pointed out that currently his robot has been put into service in the revitalization project of the Chinese mansion at "618 Shanghai Street" in Mong Kok.
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Wei Zhicheng Urban Construction Bureau
