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Trial run to offer services to ageing Hong Kong residential buildings in 4 districts

Trial run to offer services to ageing Hong Kong residential buildings in 4 districts

Single-block residential buildings in four old Hong Kong districts are set to receive property management services from the middle of the year under a pilot scheme aimed at tackling long-standing problems of urban decay. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said on Saturday that Yau Tsim Mong district was the first to be consulted by her bureau about the plan under the joint property management scheme. Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City and Tsuen Wan will follow later this month. “We hope that by the middle of this year, we will be able to launch this scheme,” the minister told a radio programme. “We’re going to start with implementing the joint property management scheme in these four areas this year.” The plan is part of a proposal revealed