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| No.9 September, 2010 |
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Creative proposals to revitalise historic buildings |
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 Three creative projects proposed by non-profit-making organisations have been selected to preserve and revitalise the Old Tai Po Police Station, the Blue House Cluster and the Stone Houses under the revitalising historic buildings through partnership scheme. The Old Tai Po Police Station (a Grade 1 historic building) will be converted by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation into a Green Hub for sustainable living. It will provide educational programmes and training camps, organise an Eat Well Programme for the promotion of healthy eating, and run a heritage museum and trails.
 St James' Settlement will turn the Blue House Cluster (Blue House: Grade 1; Yellow House: Grade 3; Orange House: Not yet graded) in Wan Chai into a multi-functional services complex. It will organise a residential scheme for original and new tenants, cultural and educational programmes, run heritage tours, and operate two eateries. It will also conserve the cocklofts inside the show flats to display the living conditions in the early days of Hong Kong.
 Wing Kwong So-Care Company Limited will set up a themed Cafeteria-cum-Visitor Information Centre in Stone Houses (a Grade 3 historic building) in Kowloon City. It will organise educational programmes, guided tours, exhibitions and seminars to illustrate the history of Kowloon City and various heritage sites in the district.
Announcing the selection results at a press briefing (September 15), the Secretary for Development, Mrs Carrie Lam, expressed confidence that all the projects selected would be able to deliver the dual objectives of the Revitalisation Scheme, namely, to preserve the historic buildings as well as to serve the local community.
The three selected projects are estimated to cost about HK$127 million for renovation and another HK$8.3 million to help meet initial running expenses of the three social enterprises operating from the buildings. These revitalisation projects will create about 180 jobs during the construction period, and about 62 full-time and part-time jobs upon commissioning. It is estimated that the revitalisation projects will be completed in the second half of 2013.
Details of the selected projects can be found at www.heritage.gov.hk. |
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