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2 Highlights of 2018-2020

Revitalisation of Industrial Buildings

As announced in 2018 Policy Address, the Government reactivated the revitalisation scheme for
industrial buildings to better utilise the existing land resources. Within the three years starting from
10 October 2018, owners could apply to the Board for wholesale conversion of industrial buildings
aged 15 years or above in “C”, “OU(B)” and “I” zones. Waiver fees would be exempted with a

condition that the owner would designate 10% of the floor area for specific uses prescribed by
the Government. For redevelopment of pre-1987 industrial buildings located outside “Residential”
zones in the main urban areas and new towns, owners could apply to the Board for relaxation of the
maximum permissible non-domestic plot ratio by up to 20%. During the report period, the Board
approved three applications for wholesale conversion of industrial building and 42 applications for
minor relaxation of plot ratio restriction for redevelopment of aged industrial building, generating an
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additional GFA of about 195,000m .

Application for redevelopment of industrial
building (Tsuen Wan)

Application for redevelopment of industrial building (Shau Kei Wan)

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