LegCo Public Works Subcommittee visits Choi Hing Road transitional housing project in Ngau Tau Kok (with photos)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
At the invitation of the Government, the Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Works Subcommittee visited the Choi Hing Road transitional housing project (Choi Hing Road project) in Ngau Tau Kok today (January 29) to understand the demounting and reuse arrangement of the Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) modules.
Accompanied by Secretary for Housing, Ms Winnie Ho, Members first received a briefing on the Choi Hing Road project and the reuse arrangement of the MiC modules to understand the flexibility and sustainability of the MiC approach.
Members learnt that the MiC modules used in the Choi Hing Road project had been used in the transitional housing (TH) project “LST Housing” at Sung Wong Toi Road in To Kwa Wan. The demounting of all the MiC modules of the three-storey “LST Housing” was completed in September last year. Subsequently, the MiC modules were transported to the warehouse in Hung Shui Kiu for inspection and restoration. The MiC modules were then reassembled into an eight-storey building in the Choi Hing Road project in January this year.
Members also observed a demonstration of installation of reused MiC and toured the mock-up unit. Members noted that the MiC modules can be demounted and reused in the newly-built TH projects using the MiC approach. Apart from the Choi Hing Road project, the Nam Cheong 220 project in Sham Shui Po is another example of reusing MiC modules in TH projects. All the MiC modules of the Nam Cheong 220 project were demounted in February last year. The modules were successfully relocated to and reassembled as one of the buildings in the “Lok Sin Village”, a TH project at Wong Yue Tan, Plover Cove, Tai Po.
A total of 12 members and non-members of the Public Works Subcommittee joined the visit.