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MR. CHEUNG (in Cantonese) : Sir, can the Secretary inform

this Council: whether

whether the limit of 50 hectares mentioned

Joint

in the Sino-British, Declaration has limited the amount of

人

land to be sold in Fanling?

the Land

Commission has been

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS : Generally speaking, Sir,

very understanding of the

needs for balanced development in the new towns in the

approval of its land sales programme. I can say that

Fanling sales have not been inhibited by the restriction

the amount of land.

restrictive, is that we

What they have meant, rather than

have had to think very carefully

about the priority of land sales throughout the Territory.