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Table 31

APPENDICES

(Chapter 12: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

Land Usage (as at 31 December 2003)

Class

Residential

Approximate Area (km2)

%

Remarks

Private Residential

24

2.2

Public Residential

Rural Settlement

5183

17

1.5

26

2.3

Residential land developed by private developers except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas

Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas Include temporary structures

Commercial

Commercial/Business & Office

3

0.3

Industrial

Industrial Land

Industrial Estates

Warehouse and Storage

12

632

5883

0.5

0.3

1.1

Include open storage areas

Institutional & Open Space

Government, Institutions & Communities Facilities 21

Open Space

22

1.9

20

1.8

Include parks, stadiums and playground

Transportation

Roads

Railways

Airport

www

37

3.3

2

0.2

13

322

1.2

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemetery and Crematorium

6

Utilities

6

Vacant Development Land/

31

bou

0.5

0.5

2.8

Construction in Progress

Others

16

1.4

Agricultural Land

Agricultural Land

Fish Pond/Gei Wais

38

58

5.2

13

1.2

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

285

25.7

Shrubland

230

20.8

Grassland

226

20.4

Mangrove and Swamp

10

0.9

Barren Land

Badlands

Quarries

Rocky Shore

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

Streams and Nullahs

Total

Source: Planning Department.

502

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2231 5000)

122

0.2

0.2

222

1

24

24

2.2

4

0.4

1 108 (1 103)

100.0

About 5 km2 of Mangrove and Swamp, which is below the High Water Mark, is included in this figure but should not be counted in the total land area of the Territory.

According to Lands Department, the total land area of the Territory, i.e. land above the High Water Mark, is 1 103 km2.