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Transformation of Transformation of Former Police Married Quarters Site on Former Police Married Quarters Site on Hollywood Road into a Creative Industries Hollywood Road into a Creative Industries Landmark Landmark Invitation For Proposals (IFP) Invitation For Proposals (IFP) Press Conference Press Conference

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“ “Conserving Central Conserving Central” ”

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The PMQ Site The PMQ Site – – one of the eight

• ne of the eight

projects of projects of “ “Conserving Central Conserving Central” ”

2009-10 Policy Addr ess:

“ pro c e e ding to invite

pro po sals fo r o pe rating c reative industries ”

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The Site The Site

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The Site The Site

Bound by Hollywood

Road, Aberdeen Street, Staunton Street and Shing Wong Street

Aberdeen St. Staunton St. Shing Wong St. Hollywood Rd.

Vehicular access

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Site area: about

6 000 m2

Existing GFA:

15 000m2

Two quarters blocks

to be preserved, comprising 196 units in total

The Site The Site

少 少 年 年 警 警 訊 訊 會 會 所 所

Vehicular Access

Block A B l

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k B

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Hollywood Rd. Staunton St.

JPC Building

Shing Wong St. Aberdeen St. 2nd Plateau 1st Plateau 4th Plateau 3rd Plateau

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The Site The Site

Hollywood Road Staunton Street 4th Plateau 1st Plateau 2nd Plateau

Block A JPC Building Block B

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In Feb 2010, the site was re-zoned from “Residential (Group A)” to “Other Specified Uses” (“OU”) annotated “Heritage Site for Creative Industries and Related Uses”

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Great Diversity of Uses Permitted Great Diversity of Uses Permitted

Column 1 - uses always permitted

• Broadcasting, Television and/or Film Studio
• Eating Place
• Education Centre/ Visitor Centre
• Educational Institution
• Exhibition or Convention Hall
• Government Use
• Information Technology/ Telecommunications Industries
• Library
• Creative Industries (Note: uses directly related and

ancillary to the permitted uses in the zone, such as ancillary accommodation and office ancillary to creative industries, are always permitted.“)

• Place of Recreation, Sports or Culture
• Research, Design and Development Centre
• School
• Shop and Services (excluding motor-vehicle showroom
• Training Centre

Column 2 - uses that may be permitted with or without conditions

• n application to Town Planning

Board

• Hotel
• Institutional Use (not elsewhere

specified)

• Office (not elsewhere specified)
• Place of Entertainment
• Private Club
• Public Utility Installation
• Residential Institution
• Utility Installation for Private Project

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1889 – the Central School

moved to this Site

Marked a new phase in the

development of public education in Hong Kong - first government school to provide upper primary and secondary Western education

Unique History Unique History

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School building seriously

damaged during World War II and demolished in 1948

Police Married Quarters

commissioned in 1951

First police quarters for

married Junior Police Officers, including Chinese police officers

Completely vacated in

2000

Unique History Unique History

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Unique History Unique History

Stone foundation of Former Central School unearthed at the courtyard Block B

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Granite steps linking the 2nd and the 4th plateaus

Unique History Unique History

Retaining wall and trees at Shing Wong Street Granite plinths and pillars at Aberdeen Street entrance

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Relics found on site:

Bronze coin Fragment of plain baluster Pattern formed by Triangle and square encaustic ceramic tiles

Unique History Unique History

Pattern formed by Triangle encaustic and strip encaustic ceramic tiles

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Unique Location and Ambience Unique Location and Ambience

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HK Museum of Medical Sciences Kom Tong Hall

The Site

Man Mo Temple Dr SUN Yat-sen Historical Trail SoHo CPS Compound

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Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail

PMQ Site Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail

• 3. Original Site of Preaching Hall of American Congregational Mission

(2 Bridges Street)

• 4. Second Location of Central School (35 Aberdeen Street)
• 5. First Location of Central School (44 Gough Street)
• 6. Original Site of the Yang Yao Ji, the Meeting Place for “The Four

Desperados” (24 Gough Street) 10.Original Site of Hong Kong Headquarters of Xing Zhong Hui (13 Staunton Street)

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Culture and History in Vicinity Culture and History in Vicinity

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Street Life in Vicinity Street Life in Vicinity

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Planning History Planning History

• 2007-08 Policy Address:

Removed the Site from the List of Sites for Sale by Application for one year to explore revitalisation of the Site

• Public engagement in 2008 on future use of the Site:

Feb – sought the views of LegCo’s Heritage Conservation Subcommittee Mar - Open Days for interested groups, media and the public Apr - sought Central & Western District Council’s views Apr - Public seminars for interested groups, media and the public Apr/May - sought the views of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, the Antiquities Advisory Board, the Tourism Strategy Group and the Urban Renewal Authority

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Outcome of Public Engagement Outcome of Public Engagement

• Preserve the historical relics of the Site, which include the existing

retaining walls, unique trees, granite steps, original granite plinths and pillars of the fenced walls within and around the Site

• Manifest the heritage and historical values as well as the original

ambience/atmosphere of the Site

• Revitalize the Site by giving it a new lease of life so that it will

become a landmark with characteristics and vitality for the enjoyment of local residents and visitors

• Contribute to the holistic planning for the area along and around

Hollywood Road under the “spot (點)”, “line (線)” & “area (面)” approach for heritage conservation

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• Respond to the community’s concerns about

development intensity, building height, etc. raised under the previously proposed residential development scheme

• Address the community’s aspirations for more local open

space

• Generally agreed to keep both quarters blocks

Outcome of Public Engagement Outcome of Public Engagement

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Creative Industries: a strategic direction of economic development

• 2007-08 Policy Address: Speed up the development of our creative

industries in the next five years

• 2008-09 Policy Address: Set up a dedicated Creative Industry

Office with integrated and realigned resources from related departments

• 2009 Budget Speech: earmarked $300 million to support Hong

Kong’s creative industries for the development of creative economy in the coming three years

Established the Create Hong Kong Office and set up the $300

million CreateSmart Initiative in June 2009

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Strategic Directions of Create Hong Kong

Based on consultation with the creative industries stakeholders, we have worked out a development strategy for CreateHK.

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Seven Strategic Directions of Create Hong Kong Seven Strategic Directions of Create Hong Kong

• Nurturing a pool of creative human capital which will

form the backbone of our creative economy

• Facilitating start-ups and development of creative

establishments

• Generating demand for innovation and creativity and

expanding local market size for creative industries

• Promoting creative industries in the Mainland and
• verseas to help explore outside markets
• Fostering a creative atmosphere within the community
• Developing creative clusters in the territory to

generate synergy and facilitate exchanges

• Promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital

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The PMQ Site as a Creative Cluster

• Creative ambience
• Already forming a creative cluster naturally
• A vibrant urban core of Hong Kong Island formed by art galleries,

design studios, antiques and crafts market, shops of local designers’ brands, commercial and entertainment precinct, etc.

• The atmosphere provides a suitable nurturing environment for

creativity

• PMQ site has the potential to become the iconic creative

centre where our creative talent would congregate

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Design Studios

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Design and Lifestyle Stores

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Art Galleries

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Antiques, Arts and Crafts Antiques, Arts and Crafts

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Promoting Creative Industries

• Build on existing cluster of cultural and creative industries establishments

along Hollywood Road and in SoHo Area; enhance the concentration of creative industries activities to bring vibracy to the area

• Provide space and facilities for the activities, operation and showcase of

creative industries

Preserving History

• Provide space for displaying historic relics and manifesting the history of

the Site in the following areas:

– connection with Dr. Sun Yat-sen – first government school to provide upper primary and secondary Western

education

– first police quarters for married Junior Police Officers

Providing Local Open Space

PMQ Project Objectives

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• Reflect the public aspiration and strategic direction

Reflect the public aspiration and strategic direction

• f Hong Kong
• f Hong Kong’

’s economic development s economic development

• 2008-09 Policy Address: dedicate the Site for

revitalisation with creative industries and education purposes

• 2009-10 Policy Address: as a “Conserving Central”

project

Project Vision

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A Vibrant Creative Industries Landmark

We envisages that the Creative Industries Landmark will:

• Comprise studios for artists, designers and the like from different

creative sectors

• Provide exhibition space and galleries for the display and sale of

creative products, which would help attract patronage to the site

• Provide dedicated space for use by start-up creative

establishments at concessionary rents for incubation purpose

• Provide venue for activities to promote creative industries and to

foster a creative environment within the community

• Provide lodgings for visiting artists and designers and local

industry people to facilitate on-site creative activities and encourage collaboration among diverse talent groups

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A Vibrant Creative Industries Landmark

We expect the successful applicant to be able to:

• Champion the vision, composition and operation of the Site
• Communicate with cultural and creative organisations and have

good knowledge about the local and international cultural and creative industries trends and developments

• Take advantage of the unique potential of the Site to synergise

with the surrounding creative establishments to achieve a good multiplying effect

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Envisioning Days ( Envisioning Days (想創日 想創日) ) Feb Feb-

• Mar 2009

Mar 2009

Successful Events at the Site Successful Events at the Site

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Detour 2009 Detour 2009 Nov Nov-

• Dec 2009

Dec 2009

Successful Events at the Site Successful Events at the Site

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Heritage x Art x Design Heritage x Art x Design

Successful Events at the Site Successful Events at the Site

Jan Jan-

• Mar 2010

Mar 2010

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Project Implementation: Project Implementation: A New Partnership Model A New Partnership Model

Government providing core facilities that meet the following objectives:

meeting conservation requirements improving accessibility to the site and its vicinity as well as

within the Site

providing user-friendly space creating facilities for core functional needs developing quality landscaped and open space

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Specifically, the proposed Government works will include:

upgrading the two quarters blocks to meet core functional

requirements and modern day statutory building requirements

preserving historical relics of the Central School, e.g. the rubble

retaining walls, quoin stones, and granite shafts/plinths/gate posts/steps of the Central School

constructing a canopy in glass steel frame between the two

quarters blocks

A New Partnership Model A New Partnership Model

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providing a skybridge between the two quarters blocks constructing a new multi-purpose room-cum-exhibition area constructing new glass enclosures for creative art galleries developing landscaped open space of about 1 200m2 applicants may propose minor variations of Government works

for architectural improvement, e.g. demolish or preserve and refurbish the JPC Building

A New Partnership Model A New Partnership Model

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Successful applicant will be responsible for:

renovation and decoration specifically for the intended uses

and the associated costs

envisioning and operating the creative industries landmark meeting the project objective of promoting creative

industries to foster a creative environment within the community

A New Partnership Model A New Partnership Model

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private sector’s expertise in creative industries

Encourage more interested organisations and enterprises

with the vision, capability and passion to operate a successful creative industries landmark to submit proposals

Expedite the conversion process:

Government carrying out pre-construction planning in parallel

with preparation of operation proposals by interested applicants

Why a New Partnership Model? Why a New Partnership Model?

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Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark

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Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark

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Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark

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Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark

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Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark Impression of the Creative Industries Landmark

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Diagrammatic Section Diagrammatic Section

Note: This diagram is for illustration only and subject to necessary changes.

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possess a charitable status under section 88 of

the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap.112)

form a special purpose company for processing

all receipts and payments of the project to facilitate financial monitoring by the Government during the operation period

Applicants must: Applicants must:

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The selected operator will be responsible for any capital

costs beyond the Government works

Government will not subsidise the operating expenses

• f the project

The selected operator may solicit donations to meet the

start-up costs of the project

Fixed tenancy term of 10 years, renewable for another

5 years, at nominal rent

Key Terms for Operation Key Terms for Operation

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Submission of annual business plan and budget, together

with a rolling five-year business plan, to Government in advance for vetting

Any net operating surplus arising from the operation will

be shared between the operator and Government every 5 years on a 50/50 basis

Upon dissolution of the special purpose company, any

surplus funds and assets should be disposed of in accordance with the Inland Revenue Ordinance

Key Terms for Operation Key Terms for Operation

51 Reflection of historical value and technical aspects (10%) Creative industries value, social value and social enterprise

• peration (40%)

Financial viability and other considerations (25%) Management capability and other consideration (25%)

Assessment Criteria Assessment Criteria

Operator will be selected through a competitive Operator will be selected through a competitive Invitation for Proposals (IFP) process based on Invitation for Proposals (IFP) process based on merits in the following areas: merits in the following areas:

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The Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic

Buildings (AC), augmented by creative industries experts, will assess the proposals received

Two rounds of selection First round assessment to shortlist applications for

further assessment in second round

Second round assessment of shortlisted applications

based on more vigorous examination (involving interview, provision of supplementary information/clarification, etc.)

Assessment of Proposals Assessment of Proposals

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Open Days: 12-13 April 2010 Workshop: 19 April 2010 Deadline for Application: noon 18 June 2010 First Round Selection: by end July 2010 Second Round Selection: by end Sept 2010

Timetable of IFP Exercise Timetable of IFP Exercise

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Works completion for core facilities provided by

the Government: Q4 of 2013

Operation, maintenance and management of the

Creative Industries Landmark: from early 2014

Tentative Timetable of Tentative Timetable of Implementation of Project Implementation of Project

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PMQ IFP Exercise Secretariat

Email:pmq@devb.gov.hk Phone: 2848 6213 Fax: 2127 4090 Project Website:

http://www.heritage.gov.hk/en/pmq/

Enquiries About the PMQ IFP Exercise Enquiries About the PMQ IFP Exercise