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MR. CHEUNG (in Cantonese) : Sir, can the Secretary inform
this Council: whether
whether the limit of 50 hectares mentioned
Joint
in the Sino-British, Declaration has limited the amount of
人
land to be sold in Fanling?
the Land
Commission has been
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS : Generally speaking, Sir,
very understanding of the
needs for balanced development in the new towns in the
approval of its land sales programme. I can say that
Fanling sales have not been inhibited by the restriction
the amount of land.
restrictive, is that we
What they have meant, rather than
have had to think very carefully
about the priority of land sales throughout the Territory.