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Is heritage revitalization a compromise with town planning in Hong Kong?: a comparison of the Tsim Sha TsuiFormer Marine Police Headquarter, Kom Tong Hall, and Wanchai BlueHouse cluster?

Heritage conservation has become the hot issue since the well known public participated protection movement of Star Ferry Pier and Queen Pier. It made her to rethink her planning strategy related to heritage conservation issue.

In 2007, the government announced the public participated heritage revitalization scheme. It allow public to participate into the revitalization program of the enlisted building heritage. In view of such change, this dissertation aimed to evaluate whether the revitalization scheme before and after 2007 is part of town planning strategy or just a compromise to the planning aspect. By the comparison of the revitalization projects of Wancahi Blue House Cluster, Tsim Sha Tsui Former Police Headquarter and Kom Tong Hall, the new town planning strategy could be better illustrated.

Lastly, the paper would describe the British experience of building heritage regeneration. It set a good example for the Hong Kong Government in the improvement of town planning and heritage conservation issue. / published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management

  1. 10.5353/th_b4834373
  2. b4834373
Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/174595
Date January 2012
CreatorsYeh, Wai-ki., 葉煒棋.
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
Source SetsHong Kong University Theses
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePG_Thesis
Sourcehttp://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48343730
RightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
RelationHKU Theses Online (HKUTO)

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