Appendices
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Table 29
(Chapter 12: Planning, Land and Infrastructure)
Land Usage Distribution (as at end-2014)
Class
Residential
Private Residential
Approximate area (km2)
% Remarks
26
2.3
Residential land developed by private developers (excluding village houses, subsidised housing and
Public Residential
16
1.4
Rural Settlement
35
3.2
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Office
4
0.4
Industrial
Industrial Land
Industrial Estates
Warehouse and Open Storage
16
736
0.6
0.3
1.4
Institutional/Open Space
Government, Institutional and
25
2.3
Community Facilities
Open Space
225
2.3
Transportation
Roads
Railways
Airport
9 mm
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums
Utilities
Vacant Land/Construction in Progress Others
17
40
3.6
3
0.3
13
1.2
8
0.7
0.6
1.5
22
Agriculture
Agricultural Land
51
Fish Ponds/Gei Wais
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland
Shrubland
17
002 200g on
00772
4.6
1.5
274
24.7
269
24.2
Grassland
190
17.1
Mangrove and Swamp
5
0.4
Barren Land
Badland
Quarries
Rocky Shore
Water Bodies
Reservoirs
Streams and Nullahs
Total
214
0.1
228
0.2
0.4
25
5
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2.3
0.4
1,110
100.0
temporary housing area).
Including subsidised housing and temporary housing area.
Including village housing and temporary structures.
Including parks, stadiums, playgrounds and recreational facilities.
About 4 km2 of Mangrove and Swamp, which
is below the High Water Mark, is included in
this figure. This 4 km2 should not be counted in the total land area of the Territory.
Note:
Source:
According to Lands Department, the total land area of the Territory (ie land above the High Water Mark) is 1,106 km2.
The above land usage figures as at end 2014 have been updated with satellite images dated December 2014 and January 2015, in-house survey information up to end 2014 and other relevant information from various government departments. As definitions of some land use classes and methodology have been updated from time to time, the figures this year may not be comparable directly to those provided in previous years.
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