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for roads, open spaces and the provision of social services
and two would be available for private housing and
industrial development. Although Government's development
of reclamations and Crown hillside land greatly increased.
the Government's own input of land into the development,
this increase has been balanced by the requirement of a
larger proportion of the new land for public housing
and increased standards of provision of land for public
purposes and amenities. In present circumstances,
the overall ratio is no longer applicable in individual
layouts, where no significant proportion of the land
to be developed is virgin Crown land or seabed.
Timing of Availability of Land for Exchanges and Priority given to Its Availability
2.2
In 1973, the District Commissioner, New
Territories assessed that on the completion of the
development of all the areas then planned for urban
development in the New Territories, sufficient land would
have been made available to meet all exchange commitments
incurred in the acquisition of the private land which
would be affected. This theoretical position probably
remains true. but, if the exchange system were to remain
an acceptable and practical system for acquiring private
land, it would be essential that offers of new land
should follow the surrender of the old within a
reasonable period. For this purpose, the Working
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