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Urban Renewal

There has been an ageing building stock in Hong Kong with some parts of our city having a
growing concentration of old buildings with poor physical conditions and inadequate basic
facilities. The Department has been working closely with the Urban Renewal Authority (URA)
and concerned stakeholders to address the problem of urban decay and improve the living
environment of the older urban areas.

Following the “people-first, district-based, public participatory” approach advocated in the new

Urban Renewal Strategy promulgated by the Government in 2011, a “planning-led” and “district-
based” approach has been adopted in taking forward urban renewal in old districts, including
Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, To Kwa Wan, Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City.

In 2022, the Town Planning Board processed three development schemes submitted by the
URA, including Nga Tsin Wai Road/Carpenter Road Development Scheme Plan (DSP), Ming Lun
Street/Ma Tau Kok Road DSP and To Kwa Wan Road/Ma Tau Kok Road DSP.

The Nga Tsin Wai Road/Carpenter Road
development scheme aims to achieve a holistic
re-planning of land uses thereat through
non in-situ redevelopment of various existing

government, institution or community (GIC)
facilities, restructuring of the existing GIC sites
with adjoining urban fabric for comprehensive
residential development, and development of
low density retail blocks with the provision of a
gateway square.

Nga Tsin Wai Road/Carpenter Road Development
Scheme Plan

55 PLANNING DEPARTMENT | ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023