Recently in My Blog, I have introduced to you the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Heritage Centre, which is one of the projects under Batch IV of the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme (Revitalisation Scheme). This time, I would like to share with you another creative project – Revitalisation of the Old Dairy Farm Senior Staff Quarters (SSQ) into the Pokfulam Farm. I have invited the person in charge of the revitalisation project, Mr LAM Sair-ling, who is an architect and the Director of the Pokfulam Farm Company Ltd, to share with us details of the project......

The National People’s Congress has approved the “Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035” (the 14th Five-Year Plan), which is the blueprint and action agenda for economic and social development of the country in the next five years......

Smart city development can improve people's livelihood and make Hong Kong a more liveable city. Earlier on, the Planning Department (PlanD) has completed the feasibility study on the “Development of a Common Spatial Data Infrastructure - Built Environment Application Platform” (CSDI-BEAP Study), which aims at developing prototype applications on specific areas such as city planning, infrastructure and environment based on spatial data, in order to facilitate implementation of works and projects, increase efficiency in planning and development, and enhance collaboration among Government bureaux and departments to provide better services to the public. In this blog post, I would like to invite a colleague from the PlanD to brief us on the study......

Rock cavern development is one of the Government’s multi-pronged strategies to increase land supply, which is of great importance to Hong Kong’s long-term development. The Drainage Services Department (DSD) has commenced relocating the Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (STW), which is currently located at the mouth of Shing Mun River, to the cavern site at Nui Po Shan of A Kung Kok at the opposite bank with a view to releasing the existing site for uses beneficial to people’s livelihood and improving the local living environment. The relocation is currently the largest on-going cavern development project in Hong Kong. This time, I have invited two colleagues from the DSD to introduce the details of the works and explain how to enhance works efficiency by adopting new technologies......

The epidemic has raised the public concern on environmental hygiene, including the condition of drainage pipes of buildings. The Financial Secretary just announced in the Budget that $1 billion would be earmarked to launch the Building Drainage System Repair Subsidy Scheme (DRS) in collaboration with the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to provide financial assistance to owners of old buildings of relatively low rateable values in carrying out drainage investigation, repair or upgrading works, with a view to jointly creating a safe and healthy living environment. In this blog post, I have invited a colleague from the Buildings Department (BD) to give a briefing on the scheme......