The Central Market, which has a history of more than 80 years, has been revitalized and reopened earlier after more than a decade of being left empty and undergoing several years of restoration projects.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the URA’s 20th Anniversary Celebration today (19) that the Central Market is the URA’s "late report card", but she would give this project full marks. She also claimed that she had opposed public opinions in the government. Strive to retain the Central Market, and finally achieve the vision of "Oasis in the City".
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that the future urban renewal work is arduous, and the pace of redevelopment needs to be accelerated. She has invited the URA to conduct a regional planning study in the old areas of Tsuen Wan and Sham Shui Po to determine the renewal plan.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Urban Renewal Authority that the Central Market was a "late report card" of the URA, but gave full marks to the project. She said that the government had tried to keep the Central Market in the first place. Vision of "Oasis in the City".
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Lam Cheng: In 2009, he rejected all the opinions and strived to retain the Central Market
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the Central Market is a "late report" of the URA. "It is a lot of late, but I will get a full score of 100 points today." She said that in 2009 she announced "Conservation Central" when she became the Secretary for Development. One of the important projects is the Central Market. "At that time, I was the government’s veteran and tried to keep the Central Market, and I decisively included it in the "Policy Address" so that the Grade A commercial land was listed on the top of the list. Come back out."
She said that the current vision of "Oasis in the City" in the Central Market has finally been realized. Since its opening in August, 3 million people have visited, reflecting that the project is well received by Hong Kong citizens and believes that it can have synergies with Tai Kwun and Yuan Chuang Fang in the future.
Carrie Lam said that the vision of the "Oasis in the City" of the Central Market has finally been realized. Since its opening in August, 3 million people have visited it, reflecting the popularity of the project by the people of Hong Kong.
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The future urban renewal work is arduous, and the redevelopment of old districts must be accelerated
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that the future urban renewal work is still arduous. There are 8,600 private buildings in Hong Kong with 50 years of age. In addition, more than 5,000 "three-nos" buildings are in disrepair and need to accelerate the pace of reconstruction.
She said that she had invited the URA to conduct a regional planning study in the old areas of Tsuen Wan and Sham Shui Po to determine the renewal plan.
She encouraged the URA to be forward-looking and continue to implement community-oriented and people-oriented urban renewal.
She pointed out that the results of the URA's work in the past 20 years are obvious to all. So far, it has implemented more than 70 urban renewal and revitalization projects, providing about 24,000 new residential units, and many projects have become urban landmarks, including Citywalk and Kwun Tong downtown. .
In addition, the form of project promotion has been continuously improved, from the past project-led to planning-led. Taking advantage of the opportunity of reconstruction to improve the area's traffic, pedestrian facilities and greening and open space, the project has more planning benefits.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor: Organized collection of public opinion on the rule of law with pre-defined questions is inevitably more proactive than the subjective Lam Chengpan media to consciously transmit national security messages to correct wrong information and encourage citizens to inject the Central Market to open trial business. Vision
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