NEW YORK: The three hundred and ninety-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
A middle-class elderly residential project under construction in North Point is to house two full-fledged Chinese and Western medical clinics, under plans to cope with the needs of the aging population.
The rental project’s developer, the non-profit Housing Society, hopes to set an example for private developers to design elderly-friendly homes.
Known as Tanner Hill, the 588-flat estate is due to be completed by the end of this year. It will not run on government subsidies, so the rents are expected to be higher, though it is not known if market rates will apply.
“This is our first non-subsidized project,” society chairman Marco Wu Moon-hoi said
