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Table 31

(Chapter 12: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

Land Usage (as at end 2004)

Class

Residential

Private Residential

Approximate

Area (km2)

%

Remarks

25

2.3

Residential land developed by private

developers except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas

Public Residential

Rural Settlement

335

17

1.5

35

3.2

Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas Includes village housing and temporary structures

Commercial

Commercial/Business & Office

3

0.3

Industrial

Industrial Land

Industrial Estates

Warehouse and Storage

15

735

0.6

0.3

1.4

Include open storage areas

Institutional & Open Space

Government, Institutional & Community

23

2.1

Facilities

Open Space

21

1.9

Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds

Transportation

Roads

38

3.4

Railways

2

0.2

Airport

13

1.2

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

7

0.6

Utilities

6

0.5

Vacant Development Land/

29

2.6

Construction in Progress

Others

18

1.6

Agricultural Land

Agricultural Land.

56

5.1

Fish Ponds/Gei Wais

17

1.5

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

268

24.2

Shrubland

214

19.3

Grassland

249

22.5

Mangrove and Swamp

5

0.5

Barren Land

Badland

Quarries

Rocky Shore

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

Streams and Nullahs

Total

Source: Planning Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2231 5000)

522

5

0.5

0.2

2

0.2

24

2.2

3

0.3

1 107

100.0

(1 104)

About 4 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 1 104 km2.