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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1987

43 SITES ON LAND SALES PROGRAMME

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FOLLOWING THE RECENT LAND COMMISSION AGREEMENT TO THE DISPOSAL OF 61.74 HECTARES OF LAND IN 1987-88, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IT WOULD BE OFFERING A TOTAL OF 43 SITES FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION AND TENDER DURING THE YEAR.

OF THESE SITES, 13 WILL BE IN THE URBAN AREA AND 30 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, MR DUNCAN SCOTT-WILL SAID THAT THE PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME OF LAND SALES BY AUCTION AND TENDER COMPRISED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 25 HECTARES.

THE FIRST AUCTION SALE IN MAY WILL INCLUDE A PRIME COMMERCIAL SITE OF 2 040 SQUARE METRES IN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

SITUATED OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL MARKET, THE FORMER +FIRE STATION+ SITE IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT KEEN INTEREST FROM DEVELOPERS.

ANOTHER VALUABLE SITE TO BE SOLD LATER IN THE YEAR WILL BE THE FORMER QUEEN'S GARDEN SITE IN OLD PEAK ROAD FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

A LARGE SITE OF 2.4 HECTARES AT KOWLOON BAY WILL BE AUCTIONED IN JUNE AND THE PURCHASER WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF DEVELOPING FOR INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN USE OR AS A TRADE MART.

SITES TO BE OFFERED IN THE NEW TOWNS WILL INCLUDE TWO COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL SITES IN THE FAST-DEVELOPING FANLING, A LARGE 1.5-HECTARE SITE IN TAI PO ADJOINING THE TAI PO RAILWAY STATION WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON A PODIUM ABOVE A TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE, AND TWO SITES OF ABOUT ONE HECTARE AND TWO HECTARES RESPECTIVELY FOR HIGH AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN.

THERE WILL BE THREE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME SITES, LOCATED AT SHA TIN, SHEK WU HUI AND JUNK BAY, TO BE OFFERED BY TENDER.

TO MEET THE DEMAND OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, TEN SITES WILL BE PROVIDED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING THREE AT ON LOK TSUEN, FANLING, ONE FOR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN AND ONE AT JUNK BAY.

MR SCOTT-WILL SAID THAT 3.6 HECTARES OF LAND FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL USE AND 8.7 HECTARES OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING SITES WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE DURING THE YEAR AND THAT THE SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE OFFERED BY LETTER B TENDER SYSTEM.

HE STRESSED THAT THE SALES PROGRAMME WAS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

+FURTHER DETAILS AND DATES WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND MAJOR NEWSPAPERS IN THE USUAL WAY, HE ADDED.

COPIES OF THE TENTATIVE LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 3RD FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG OR FROM ANY OF THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES.

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