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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1980

MASSIVE INCREASE IN AVAILABILITY OF NT LAND

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THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF LAND IT IS PUTTING UP FOR DISPOSAL OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WITH THE EMPHASIS BEING ON LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION SAID MORE THAN 24 HECTARES WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1980, AND MARCH, 1981, COMPARED WITH 20 HECTARES DURING THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS AND 14 HECTARES DURING THE OCTOBER, 1979 - MARCH, 1980 PERIOD.

+THIS MEANS THAT OVER 71 PER CENT MORE NEW TERRITORIES LAND IS TO BE OFFERED DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS COMPARED WITH THE SAME SIX MONTHS LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID IT WAS ALSO 20 PER CENT HIGHER THAN FOR THE PERIOD MARCH - SEPTEMBER, 1980.

THE LAND TO BE SOLD WILL BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL, HOTEL, INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

A TOTAL OF 42 SITES ARE TO BE OFFERED, OF WHICH 10 (MEASURING 3.70 HECTARES) WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION, ONÉ (MEASURING FİVE HECTARES) WILL BE FOR TENDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND THE REMAINDER (MEASURING 15,66 HECTARES) WILL BE FOR HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS 38 SITES WERE OFFERED AND THERE WERE FIVE LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS COMPARED WITH 32 SITES OFFERED IN THE NEW ALLOCATIONS.

MOST OF THE SITES - 24 - ARE IN SHA TIN FOUR EACH IN SAI KUNG, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN- THREE ARE IN ISLANDS, TWO IN TAI PO AND ONE IN TSUEN WAN.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID 159 935.3 SQUARE METRES (OR 15.99 HECTARES) WOULD BE FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME DEVELOPMENT AT TUEN MUN, THE LAND FOR WHICH WOULD BE DISPOSED OF BY TENDER IN DECEMBER,

HE SAID RESIDENTIAL SITES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ISLANDS, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS.

THREE OF THE RESIDENTIAL SITES (TOTALLING 13 273 SQUARE METRES) WILL BE AUCTIONED IN JANUARY, 1981. TWO ARE IN ISLANDS DISTRICT (LANTAU AND PENG CHAU) AND THE OTHER IN SHA TIN.

ALSO TO BE AUCTIONED IN JANUARY ARE A COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL SITE IN TAI PO, A SITE FOR A HOTEL IN SHA TIN MEASURING 4 602 SQUARE METRES, AND TWO INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN SITES IN SAI KUNG.

A RESIDENTIAL SITE AT CHEUNG SHA, LANTAU, AND ONE IN SAJ KUNG, TOTALLING 6 718.3 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE AUCTIONED IN MARCH. ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN SITE IN SAI KUNG WILL ALSO BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE SAME AUCTION.

THERE WILL