TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesrehousing, reprovisioning and retention of facilities. 7,000 tenants were eventuallyrehoused in the new estate whereas other tenants moved to housing estates in theneighbourhood. Essential facilities, such as temporary car-parking and a market,were to be built in advance, adjacent to phase 1 and maintained throughout theredevelopment period.Efforts were also made to retain and integrate an existing religious shrine, schools,youth centre and the premises of the local Kai Fong Association [NeighbourhoodCommunity Accociation] in the master layout plan of the new Estate.Figure 3: Existing school and factory building (top left), the Kai Fong Association[Neighbourhood Community Association] (top right) Youth Centre (bottom left),religious shrine (bottom right), retained in the neighbourhood of Kwai ChungEstate..Kwai Chung estate was over 25 years old and consequently had establishedcommunities with important social networks already in place. The elderly residentsin particular, wished to stay in the estate because of these long standing networksand because of their association with the various complementary social welfareservices which provided care where required and regular opportunities for them toconveniently meet friends.5.1.2 Establishing a Civic Hub271