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The Urban Planning Council's Yau Wang Research Conference has transformed into potential areas such as Fruit Market, Flower Market, Ladies Market, etc.

2022-01-07T06:56:04.173Z


Yau Tsim Mong District has aging buildings and narrow streets. The reconstruction of Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok areas has been studied and discussed for many years. The URA launched the "Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok Area Study" as early as 2017 to explore how to improve the current land in these two areas.


Yau Tsim Mong District has aging buildings and narrow streets. The reconstruction of Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok areas has been studied and discussed for many years. The URA launched the "Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok Area Study" as early as 2017 to explore how to improve the current land use efficiency and redevelopment potential of these two areas , And plans to zone part of the area into activation zones and open space, including the Huaxu Canal into a waterway garden, the re-planning of the Fruit Market, the Flower Market, Ladies’ Street and Shanghai Street 618 projects.

Following the URA's submission of a research report to the Legislative Council earlier, the Town Planning Board today (7th) also held an open meeting on the relevant planning research.


The 18th district with the highest population density in Yauwang District is planned to be divided into five potential renewal areas

In the early years of the Yau Mong Redevelopment Study, the URA formulated three development models of "positive, negative, and zero". Among them, the government decided to adopt the "positive" solution, that is, to maintain the current population density, but relax the building regulations and plot ratio restrictions , Increasing the per capita living area and the per capita area of ​​public space, etc., and at the same time, more subsidized housing will be provided in the form of "Hong Kong residents' first home buyers".

Representatives of the URA introduced relevant conceptual blueprints at the meeting today (7th).

The URA pointed out that the population and density of Yau Mong District is six times the Hong Kong average and the highest among the 18 districts. The study divided the two into five "urban renewal potential areas". For example, the south and north of Yau Ma Tei are " "Historical, Cultural and Living District", Mong Kok East and Mong Kok West are "Power Business Districts" and so on.

There are five development nodes under the five districts, including the conversion of the Flower Market Canal into a Waterway Park, the revitalization of the Mong Kok Market and the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market.

Regarding the activation of fruit stalls, the bureau stated that a multi-storey commercial building will be built on a site adjacent to Qiaoxiang Street. The bottom floor will be reserved for the existing fruit stall wholesale business, and the top floor will have commercial development projects supplemented by new boutique hotels. And other purposes related to tourism, art and culture.

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In addition, the bureau has also selected a number of locations with development characteristics, such as the construction of youth cultural venues near the Shanghai Street 618 project, and proposed new planning and design guidelines for characteristic streets such as Huaxu and Ladies' Street.

The URA stated that the relevant proposals have been consulted with the Legislative Council, District Councils, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Hong Kong Institute of Planners, etc., and received support from most people; reiterated that urban renewal is not a task that URA can undertake alone , The participation of private institutions is required, and the implementation details will be different from the government in the future.

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