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Table 30

(Chapter 12: Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation)

Land Usage Distribution (as at end-2007)

Class

Residential

Approximate Area (km2)

%

Remarks

Appendices | 479

Private Residential

25

2.2

Public Residential

Rural Settlement

Commercial

Industrial

Industrial Land

-3

16

1.4

34

3.1

Residential land developed by private developers (except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area).

Includes HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area. Includes village housing and temporary structures.

Commercial/Business & Office

3

0.3

Industrial Estates

Warehouse and Storage

14

734

0.6

0.3

1.3

Includes open storage areas.

Institutional/Open Space

Government, Institutional & Community

24

2.2

Facilities

Open Space

23

2.1

Includes parks, stadiums and playgrounds.

Transportation

Roads

41

Railways

Airport

ww=

3.7

3

0.3

13

1.2

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

Utilities

Vacant Development Land/

19

779

0.6

0.6

1.7

Construction in Progress

Others

20

1.8

Agriculture

Agricultural Land

51

4.6

Fish Ponds/Gei Wais

16

1.5

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

247

22.3

Shrubland

237

21.4

Grassland

255

23.0

Mangrove and Swamp

5

0.4

About 4 km2 of Mangrove and Swamp, which is below the High Water Mark, is included in this figure. This 4 km2 should not be counted in the total land area of the Territory.

Barren Land

Badland

Quarries

Rocky Shore

522

5

0.4

2

0.2

0.2

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

24

2.2

Streams and Nullahs

5

0.4

Total

1 108

100.0

Source: Planning Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2231 5000)

According to Lands Department, the total land area of the Territory, i.e. land above the High Water Mark, is 1 104 km2.

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