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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 39

(Chapter 14: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

Land Usage as at March 31, 1994

Class

A. Developed Lands

Approximate area (km2)

Percentage

of total

Remarks

i. Commercial

ii. Residential

2

0.2

41

3.8

iii. Public Rental Housing

11

1.0

iv. Industrial

11

1.0

Including all residential areas except public rental housing estates, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing

areas

Including HOS/PSPS

Including warehouse and storage

v. Open Space

15

1.4

vi. Government, Institution and

Community Facilities

17

1.6

vii. Vacant Development Land

37

viii. Roads/Railways

26

ix. Temporary Housing Areas

58 -

3.4

Including land with construction in progress

2.4

Including flyovers and railway lands

1

0.1

B. Non-built-up Lands*

i. Woodlands

220

20.3

ii. Grass and scrub

519

47.9

iii. Badlands, swamp and mangrove

44

4.0

iv. Arable

64

5.9

v. Fish ponds

16

1.5

Natural and established woodlands

Natural grass and scrubland

Land stripped of cover, or denuded granite country including coastal brackish swamp and mangrove

Cultivable lands, including orchards and market gardens, under cultivation and fallow

Fresh and brackish water fish farming excluding coastal marine fish farms

vi. Temporary structures/livestock farms

12

1.1

vii. Reservoir

viii. Other uses

223

261

2.4

[

2.0

Including cemetery, crematorium, mine and quarry etc.

Total

1 084

100.0

Note:

* Within these are 413 km2 of country parks and special areas designated under the Country Parks Ordinance for protection of vegetation and wild life

and for recreation.