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Wing Lee Street.
Wing Lee Street () is a street in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. It is located in
Sheung Wan near
Shing Wong Street
Shing Wong Street () is a street on the hill slope of Sheung Wan and Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. The street extends from Gough Street at its lowest to Caine Road highest. The street is one of ladder streets in Hong Kong, made of stone steps, in ...
,
Bridges Street,
Ladder Street and the Former
Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters.
Cancelled redevelopment plan
Wing Lee Street contains several old (to Hong Kong standards)
Hong Kong 1960s buildings. The street has been described as "the seediest street in Hong Kong"
and the
Urban Renewal Authority
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is a quasi-governmental, profit-making statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for accelerating urban redevelopment.
History
The authority's predecessor, the Land Development Corporation (åœŸåœ°ç™¼å±•å… ...
(URA) planned to redevelop Wing Lee Street with
Staunton Street as H19 project. But after ''
Echoes of the Rainbow'' was filmed at this street and won the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in the Children's Jury "Generation Kplus" category at the 2010
Berlin Film Festival, the redevelopment plan was scrapped.
Tenants living in Wing Lee blocks lost their right for compensation and resettlement, as the area is now outside URA's redevelopment area. The URA, however, decided to help tenants by providing renovation subsidies and offering resettlement.
The URA also invited owners of other unsold block who claimed that they were committed to preservation to renovate their properties. The URA also offered to provide subsidy. However, none of the owners responded and left their blocks unmaintained.
The URA renovated four acquired blocks and invited the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Youth Federation and Hong Kong Arts Centre to make better use of the blocks.
References
External links
Details on Urban Renewal Authority website*
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Roads on Hong Kong Island
Sheung Wan
