Terms of Reference

The Kowloon City District Urban Renewal Forum (“DURF”) has been set up :

To advise the Government through the Secretary for Development on urban renewal plans within the Kowloon City area from a holistic and integrated perspective, having regard to the Urban Renewal Strategy promulgated in 2011, including advice on redevelopment and rehabilitation areas in tandem with the Urban Renewal Authority’s core business, plus preservation and revitalization initiatives contributing to a quality city environment;
To conduct and oversee, with funding support from the Urban Renewal Trust Fund, broad-based public engagement exercises, planning studies, social impact assessments and other related studies, in the process;
To monitor progress of implementation of the identified redevelopment, rehabilitation, preservation and revitalization projects to be taken forward; and
To assume a public education role through an outreach programme to all the relevant stakeholders with a view to fostering district partnership in urban renewal work.