Positioned as “A Hub for Community Health and Wellness”, the new campus would support HKMU's education programmes and activities to promote health and wellness for the whole community.
Abutting on the Jockey Club Institute of Healthcare (which houses training of healthcare professionals like nurses and physiotherapists) and the proposed Government Complex (with planned facilities in primary care, elderly care and social services, etc.), the new academic complex will cover multi-areas, ranging from physical health (e.g. primary care, sport science) to behavioural health (e.g. mental health, psychology and counseling, smart ageing and gerontechnology) and wellness for the community. State-of-the-art facilities (including gerontechnological laboratories, integrated health clinic, interdisciplinary research centre, etc.) will be set up to facilitate relevant teaching, research, and community health and wellness promotion.
The new campus building is on a sloped corner site at the junction of Sheung Shing Street and Fat Kwong Street which has never been previously developed containing approximately 61 trees. The site area is about 3,400 sqm and the total gross floor area is bout 30,600sqm.
In the proposal, the new campus building will be of 19-storeys to provide teaching facilitates, sports facilities and associated space for various activities including a basement level car park.
The main purpose and benefit of the new campus building is to provide additional physical facilities to ease the over-crowding and shortage of space within the existing campuses which would facilitate a more efficient and effective distribution of the University's resources and greatly enhance the educational experience and access to physical facilities for students and staff.
