SHKP Quarterly

Group Chairman & Managing Director Raymond Kwok (left) and Group Executive Director, Adam Kwok (right) accept souvenirs presented by Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council 集團主席兼董事總經理郭炳聯（左），以及集團執行董事郭基煇（右）接受由香港聖公會福利 協會送出的紀念品 United Court, for which the Group leased the land at a nominal rent of HK$1, is supported by government funding and operated by the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council. Following its completion and opening in May this year, a groundbreaking and blessing ceremony was recently held. United Court is the first large-scale transitional housing project fully completed and opened in Hong Kong. In addition to leasing the land, the Group was responsible for preliminary project planning, basic site formation, technology support, and providing property management consultancy. The project provides 1,800 units, equipped with diverse community facilities, including an integrated service building, a convenience store, a quick-cut hair salon, communal kitchens and recreational facilities. The project also established the rst well-being index of transitional housing in Hong Kong for the whole person wellness of its residents. Group Chairman & Managing Director Raymond Kwok said at the ceremony, “We are delighted to be engaged in the United Court project to help address the short-term housing needs of grassroots families. We are confident that Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council will provide comprehensive and proper management and services, making United Court a role model for transitional housing. SHKP looks forward to working together with the government on the dual-track systemof private and public housing development, in which the government expedites the construction of public housing whilst further streamlining the town planning procedures, thus allowing private developers to o er more private housing. The government and private developers can then work together to increase the supply of housing and solve the housing problem in Hong Kong.” 由集團以象徵式 1 元借出土地，配合政府撥款興建，並由香港聖公會福利 協會營運的「同心村」，已於今年五月落成及啟用，並於早前舉行啟用暨 祝福禮。 「同心村」是全港首個全面落成及啟用的大型過渡性房屋項目，除借出土 地外，集團更負責前期項目規劃、基本地盤平整工程以及技術支援，並提 供物業管理的顧問服務。項目設有 1,800 個單位，配備多元化社區設施， 當中包括綜合服務大樓、便利店、速剪髮型屋、社區廚房和遊樂設施等。 項目更設立全港首個過渡性房屋的康健指標，以便關顧居民的全人健康。 集團主席兼董事總經理郭炳聯 於典禮上表示，「很高興能夠參與『同心村』 計劃，幫助基層家庭解決短期住屋問題。我們有信心聖公會福利協會能提供 全面妥善的管理和服務，令同心村成為模範的過渡性屋苑。新地期待繼續與 政府同心合力，公私營房屋『雙軌並行』，一方面政府加快興建公屋，同時 進一步精簡城規程序，讓私人發展商能提供更多私營房屋，令政府與私營發 展商可以一起努力增加房屋供應，共同解決香港房屋問題。」 United Court transitional housing project, initiated by the Group, is now complete and open 集團策動的過渡性房屋項目「同心村」落成啟用 Hosting the opening ceremony of United Court are government o cials of the HKSAR; Group Chairman & Managing Director Raymond Kwok (fourth right); Group Executive Director, Adam Kwok (second right); SHKP-Kwoks’ Foundation Director, Thomas Kwok (second left); the Most Revd Andrew Chan (fourth left), Archbishop and Primate of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui; Dr Donald Li (third left), Chairman of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Board of Directors and Executive Committee and Joseph Man ( rst right), Acting Director of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council 多名特區政府官員聯同集團主席兼董事總經理郭炳聯（右四）、集團執行董事郭基煇（右二）、新鴻基地產郭氏基金董事郭炳江（左二）、香港聖公會教省主教長陳謳明大主教 （左四）、香港聖公會福利協會董事會暨執行委員會主席李國棟醫生（左三）及香港聖公會福利協會署理總幹事文孔義（右一）主持同心村啟用儀式 Sustainability Vol 104 • Q2 2022 • SHKP Quarterly 25