Nga Tsin Wai Road / Carpenter Road in Kowloon City is about to be redeveloped. The Urban Renewal Authority announced today (27th) that the population registration will be frozen.
The local research agency said that the URA’s executive director, Wei Chi-shing, had played a “opening card” at the end of last year, stating that the Kowloon City District would be rebuilt, so that developers and consortia could “fall the nails” as soon as possible. Many old buildings have been acquired, and the land prices in the relevant areas will benefit from this redevelopment, so they question the government's move to "release wind".
Our research agency is also concerned that the URA will re-implement the method of shifting the plot ratio in the future redevelopment projects of the Kowloon City District, which will lead to a sharp increase in the density of the area, which will affect the landscape, aggravate the heat island effect and traffic pressure, and will destroy this pole. Unique "Little Thailand".
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Wei Zhicheng said in his blog at the end of last year that the association is discussing the re-planning of the old district of Kowloon City to cooperate with the redevelopment project of Sha Po Road. It involves more than 500 buildings and government facilities, more than half of which are over 50 years old.
Cai Nuozheng, a researcher at the Local Research Institute, said that the URA's "release" approach goes against the previous practice of publishing the redevelopment plan in the gazette when the population registration was frozen.
Its agency had previously compiled information on the acquisition of old buildings in Kowloon City, and found that many were concentrated in the area around Lion Rock Road, just outside the scope of the current redevelopment plan. It questioned the URA's earlier "release of air" and let developers or businesses "fall out". “Nails”, although the URA had no choice to expand the scope of acquisition to this area, the redevelopment plan has caused the land prices in the area of Lion Rock Road to inflate accordingly, which inevitably raises questions about the URA’s “release” move.
He also worries that the URA has already disclosed the redevelopment intention, which will cause the landlords in the redevelopment area to evict the tenants early in order to obtain more compensation, and the small tenants will not be able to obtain any compensation or resettlement "upstairs" opportunities.
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Worrying scale increases traffic pressure, affecting San Po Kong
Cai Nuo is criticizing the URA's reference to the method of shifting the plot ratio of the "Yuwang Study" this time and testing the relevant methods. The sharp increase in community density will produce a heat island effect and affect the landscape of Kowloon City. In addition, this project is expected to The supply of units is as high as 4,350 units, far exceeding the Kwun Tong Kaihui. It is a rare large-scale redevelopment, which will greatly increase the traffic pressure in the area. The increase of parking spaces may have the opposite effect, and even the neighboring San Po Kong will be affected. suffer.
He worries that this time is only the second stage of the URA's reconstruction of the Kowloon City District. In the future, it will continue to reuse this method to add a large number of skyscrapers to the Kowloon City District, destroying the entire characteristic old community.
He also pointed out that he is not optimistic about the URA's vision of retaining "Little Thailand" and old shops. He also pointed out that the redevelopment projects such as Wedding Street in Wan Chai and Yu Man Square in Kwun Tong are "eyes for everyone". Some community cultures and traditional cultures have been erased.
He went on to point out that the renovation and reconstruction of community facilities such as markets was originally the responsibility of the government, and the authorities also intended to allocate funds for relevant improvement works, but this time the project was handed over to the URA, believing that the government should undertake the responsibility for rebuilding community facilities.
Kowloon City Changes | The 60-year-old Yixiang Tofu was acquired and the stone-grinding craftsmanship is lost. "Little Thailand" may disintegrate the Kowloon City Changes | The owner worries that the neighbors will no longer love the 70-year-old "Chaofa" The third generation is afraid that the craftsmanship will be difficult to inherit. Kowloon City changes天｜URA started to rebuild old districts and built 4,350 municipal buildings to rebuild Kowloon City｜URA researched and moved municipal buildings, moved old buildings, and expanded underground space
