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Mr Pope also noted that land disposal in Hong Kong was limited under Annex III of the Joint Declaration to 50 hectares (ha) per year, unless otherwise agreed by the Sino-British Land Commission.
"Each year, the circumstances are reviewed and the Land Commission has consistently agreed to dispose of more than 50 ha per year.
"The land disposal programme agreed by the Land Commission this year (1994/95) was originally 117 ha and as you know, they recently agreed to adjust the 1994/95 Land Disposal Programme to provide a further 1,293.46 ha.
"This is made up of 1,248 ha for the new airport, 30 ha for the Airport Railway Depot, 7.52 ha for development above Tai Kok Tsui and Tung Chung Railway Station and 7.94 ha for land for Home Ownership and Sandwich Class Housing Schemes.
"These developments will produce about 8,000 additional flats which on top of the 2,000 flats from additional sites earmarked for public housing, will produce the additional 10,000 flats identified by the Task Force on Land Supply and Property Prices," Mr Pope said.
End/Wednesday, March 8, 1995
98 Vietnamese migrants depart on orderly repatriation flight
A group of
98 Vietnamese migrants returned to Vietnam today (Wednesday) on the 21st flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme.
All the returnees, comprising 36 men, 26 women, 17 boys and 19 girls, were from High Island Detention Centre. The oldest was 56 years old and the youngest six months old.
Most of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989 with a small number coming to the territory in 1988, 1990 and 1991.