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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1980

MORE NT LAND TO BE OFFERED FOR DEVELOPMENT

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THE AMOUNT OF NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND TO BE SOLD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS TO BE 70 PER CENT HIGHER IN 1980/81 THAN DURING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE DEPARTMENT PLANNED TO SELL A TOTAL OF 357 525 SQUARE METRES OF LAND IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, OF WHICH 302 425 SQUARE METRES WOULD BE FOR NON-INDUSTRI AL USE.

THIS COMPARED WITH A FIGURE OF 178 907 SQUARE METRES

OF NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND SOLD DURING 1979/80.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SITES TO BE SOLD NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR IS 69, OF WHICH 52 WILL BE NON-INDUSTRIAL AND THE OTHER 17, MEASURING 55 100 SQUARE METRES IN AREA, INDUSTRIAL.

IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, 75 SITES WERE BEING SOLD MEASURING TOTALLY 243 880 SQUARE METRES.

HE SAID THE NUMBER OF SITES TO BE SOLD WAS SMALLER IN NUMBER, BUT COMBINING INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND THE AMOUNT WAS, OVERALL, NEARLY 47 PER CENT ABOVE THIS YEAR'S FIGURE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID 32 OF THE SITES TO BE SOLD UNDER NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAMME WERE IN SHA TIN AND TOTALLED 212 360 SQUARE METRES IN AREA.

TWELVE OF THE SITES WERE IN TUEN MUN (51 759 SQUARE METRES), EIGHT IN YUEN LONG (11 908.7 SQUARE METRES), SEVEN IN ISLANDS DISTRICT (39 625 SQUARE METRES), FIVE IN SAI KUNG (9 872.3 SQUARE METRES), THREE IN TSUEN WAN (19 500 SQUARE METRES), AND THE REMAINING TWO IN TAI PO (12 500 SQUARE METRES).

ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, HE SAID THE LARGEST PACKAGE OF SITES FOR SALE WOULD BE IN SHA TIN, WHERE SIX LOTS MEASURING 78 915 SQUARE METRES WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

HE SAID THE LARGEST SINGLE SITE WOULD ALSO BE IN SHA TIN MEASURING 12 700 SQUARE METRES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, NINE SITES IN SHA TIN TOTALLING 32 000 SQUARE METRES ARE TO BE SOLD TOGETHER. THE LARGEST SINGLE SITE WILL BE IN TSUEN WAN, MEASURING 8 800 SQUARE METRES. AN 11 200 SQUARE METRE SITE AT CHEUNG SHA IS TO BE SOLD FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.

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