Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme

The Revitalising Historic Buildings through Partnership Scheme (Chinese: 活化歷史建築夥伴計劃) is an initiative launched by the Hong Kong Government, part of a broader policy of Heritage conservation in Hong Kong.

In order to preserve and put historic buildings into good use and promote public participation in conserving historic buildings, the Hong Kong Government has chosen Government-owned buildings for adaptive reuse under the Scheme.

Scope

Batch I

Batch I of the Scheme included seven buildings:[1]

Batch II

Batch II of the Scheme included the following buildings:[2]

Batch III

Batch III of the Scheme includes the following buildings:[3]

Batch IV

Batch IV of the Scheme includes the following buildings:[4]

Batch V

Batch V of the Scheme includes the following buildings:[5]

Selection process

Eligible applicants are non-profit making organisations with charitable status under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112) and joint ventures of non-profit making organisations.[6]

Applicants submitted proposals for using these buildings to provide services or business in the form of social enterprise. Submissions included detailed plans to show how:

The Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings(ACRHB),[7] chaired by Bernard Charnwut Chan, would then assess the proposals and choose the bidding winner.

Announcement of result

The Scheme started in February 2008, and a total of 114 applications from non-profit-making organisations[8] were received for the seven Batch I historic buildings under the Scheme. The Development Bureau announced the results on 17 February 2009.[9]

References

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