Application Categories

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The UDAS has seven Application Categories as follows:

1. Shopping Malls and Retail Spaces
2. Office Buildings and Office Spaces
3. Restaurants
4. Buildings and Sites with Recreational, Sports or Cultural Purposes
5. Revitalised Sites
6. Public and Private Residential Buildings
7. Higher Education Institutions

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/public 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 revitalisation projects for historic buildings	Developer Property Owner (e.g., social enterprises owning the revitalised site) Occupant/Tenant (e.g., NGO managing the premises )
6	Public and Private Residential Buildings	Private housing estates Private residential buildings Public housing estates (including rental estates of Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA) and Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) ) Subsidised sale housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme estates, residential projects of HKHS, self-developed residential projects of the Urban Renewal Authority) Light Public Housing by the Housing Bureau Youth hostels under the Youth Hostel Scheme by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau Domestic part of composite buildings	Developer Property Management Company Owners’ Corporation Property owner (e.g., HKHA, HKHS)
7	Higher Education Institutions	Entire campus Academic buildings Student amenities centre Sports Complex Student hostels and staff residence	Universities Post-secondary institutions

 

Points to note:

1. The above examples of premises and potential applicants are non-exhaustive.
2. Each application is based on the company name and/or business name and address of relevant premises.
3. The subject premises of an application shall be fully or partially in operation on or before the application deadline. For premises which are not in full operation, applicants can submit an application specifically for the area that is in operation. Self-assessment and site audit will be based on the facilities and services provided in such area.
4. Each application shall pertain to one Application Category only.
5. Applications for Residential Buildings should be submitted with a minimum of one building as an application unit.  Applications pertaining to individual flats as an application unit will not be accepted.  If the application unit is a housing estate, only one application for it is necessary.  Individual applications for each building of the housing estate are not required.  
6. Higher Education Institutions can submit multiple applications covering different application units, such as the entire campus, one of the campuses (if there are more than one), an individual college, department, building, office, accommodation facilities or recreational facilities, etc.
7. Companies or organisations which own, manage or occupy multiple premises may submit multiple applications for each of the relevant premises.
8. Joint application for the same premises by multiple applicants is allowed, but a primary applicant must be identified and be responsible for matters related to the application. Examples of joint application include (i) an application jointly made by a property owner and a property management company of the same premises, (ii) an application jointly made by a Government department and a developer regarding a collaborative project to enhance accessibility inside and outside the premises by providing pedestrian walkways, footbridges, public access or lifts accessible to the public.
9. For a larger site with multiple occupants/tenants, each occupant/tenant may submit their own application under the applicable Application Category. 

Application examples:

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. The housing estate D above Shopping Mall C can submit a separate application under the “Public and Private Residential Buildings” category.