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The quarry was converted into a comfortable home for 25,000 residents. Housing Authority An Tai Village, Kwun Tong, won the Quality Building Award

2021-06-23T08:38:02.137Z


On Tai Village, Anderson Road, Kwun Tong, has been completed for 3 years. The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, stated in his blog this morning (19th) that the Housing Authority’s construction team will build a bare and derelict quarry into a capacity of 2.5 Ten thousand inhabitants


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Written by: Lin Yingxian

2021-06-19 13:11

Last update date: 2021-06-19 13:12

On Tai Village, Anderson Road, Kwun Tong, has been completed for 3 years. The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, stated in his blog this morning (19th) that the Housing Authority’s construction team will build a bare and derelict quarry into a capacity of 2.5 The home of 10,000 residents, the design and planning technology of Antai Village, which creates green and sustainable communities for residents, has also won the Quality Building Award under the Hong Kong Residential Project of the "2020 Quality Building Award".

Chen Fan praised Antai Village for its innovative design and planning technology to create a green and sustainable community for residents. He also won the Quality Building Award under the Hong Kong Residential Project of the "2020 Quality Building Award".

(Picture of Transport and Housing Bureau)

In Antai Village, completed in 2018, there are a total of 11 residential buildings, providing 8,561 public rental housing units. Chen Fan said that the construction team introduced innovative design and planning technology and adopted five-dimensional building information simulation technology, which is more than the general three-dimensional building information simulation technology. The two factors of time and cost have allowed for more accurate planning in forecasting the construction schedule and the use of resources.

Try a zero irrigation system to reuse rainwater to irrigate gardens

Antai Village has also introduced a number of environmental protection designs, including the trial of a zero irrigation system to reuse rainwater to irrigate gardens; solar photovoltaic power generation systems are installed in each residential building to provide more than 3% of the electricity for public facilities; markets and parking lots have also been installed There are a total of 30 solar light pipes; 80,000 plants are planted in the housing estates, and the green coverage rate exceeds 30%.

Chen Fan also pointed out that through community participation activities, the team has joined forces with local organizations to create unique features for this estate, including community art installations made with mining machinery and handicrafts, reshaping the fun and interesting scene of the Anderson Road Quarry. History also strengthens residents’ sense of belonging to the community.

He quoted the results of a questionnaire survey conducted by the authorities showing that more than 90% of residents are satisfied with Antai Village.

Antai Village also received the "Sustainable Building Award Bronze Award" from the Construction Industry Council in 2018 and the "Sustainable" category "Winner" award from the Asia Pacific Project Management Alliance and the Hong Kong Project Management Institute in 2019. Winning the "2020 Quality Building Award" shows that the Housing Authority's efforts in quality housing and sustainable community development have been recognized and affirmed by the industry.

Many public housing estates have won awards

Chen Fan also stated that Shuiquan'ao Village in Shatin also won the Silver Award (Residential Category) in the 2019 Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, and Hongfu Village in Yuen Long won the 2018 Quality Building Award jointly organized by nine professional organizations. The Quality Excellence Award and the Quality Building Award for the Central Hong Kong Residential Projects (Multiple Buildings) and the Yau Lai Village Phase 5 also won the Hong Kong Residential Projects (Multiple Buildings) Quality Building Award in 2014. He praised the Housing Authority The construction team's human-oriented design not only provides high-quality building design hardware, but also cares for the residents' future living environment and living facilities.

Several decoration contractors in Antai Village were fined 3.26 million yuan for violating the competition law

The Antai Village Project was uncovered and the project was divided. The Competitive Review Office filed a lawsuit against 6 companies and 3 people

The 6 companies involved in the renovation of Antai Village were found to have violated the "Competition Regulations" and the sentence was postponed

The first batch of two public housing estates in On Tai Village was completed at the end of the market

Housing Authority announced that the rents of new public housing estates in On Tai Village and Kwai Chui Village were nearly 70% below RMB 2,500

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Housing Authority Transport and Housing Bureau

Source: hk1

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