Application Categories - Equal Opportunities Commission

Application Categories

The UDAS has five Application Categories as follows:

Shopping Malls and Retail Spaces
Office Buildings and Office Spaces
Restaurants
Buildings and Sites with Recreational, Sports or Cultural Purposes
Revitalised Sites

Below are examples of premises and potential applicants for each Application Categories.

	Application Categories	Examples of Premises	Examples of potential Applicants
1	Shopping Malls and Retail Spaces	Shopping Malls of all size Shops inside a shopping mall or street-level shops (街鋪)	Developer Property Management Company Property Owner (e.g. shops owning the retail space) Occupant/Tenant (e.g., shops leasing the retail space)
2	Office Buildings and Office Spaces	Office Buildings of all size Office area owned or rented by small and medium enterprises (SME) or larger companies	Developer Property Management Company Property Owner Occupant/Tenant (e.g., businesses, NGOs, government/statutory bodies leasing the office space)
3	Restaurants	Branches of restaurant chain Chinese restaurants Cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) Noodle Shops (粉麵店)	Property Owner (e.g. restaurant operators owning the premises) Occupant/Tenant (e.g., restaurant operators leasing the premises)
4	Buildings and Sites with Recreational, Sports or Cultural Purposes	Private: cinemas, private clubs, theme parks Public: Sports centres, libraries, museums, theatres Non-profit-making organisations’ centres for members’ activities	Property Owner (e.g., Government owning the public parks; recreational clubs owning the club premises) Occupant/Tenant (e.g., a NGO leasing the cultural and recreational premises)
5	Revitalised Sites	All kinds of revitalised sites	Developer Property Owner (e.g., social enterprises owning the revitalised site) Occupant/Tenant (e.g., NGO managing the premises )

Points to note:

The above examples of premises and potential applicants are non-exhaustive.
Each application is based on the name of business and address of relevant premises.
Each application shall pertain to one Application Category only.
Companies or organisations which own, manage or occupy multiple premises may submit multiple applications.
Joint application for the same premises (e.g. application jointly made by the property owner and property management company) is allowed, but a primary applicant must be identified and be responsible for matters related to the application.
For a larger site with multiple occupants/tenants, each occupant/tenant may submit their own application under the applicable Application Category.

Example: Restaurant A and Clothing Store B are both tenants in Shopping Mall C. All three entities are welcome to submit separate applications. As a restaurant operator, Restaurant A may make one application for UDAS under the “Restaurant” category. Both Clothing Store B and Shopping Mall C may apply individually under the “Shopping Malls and Retail Spaces” category.