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Table 30

(Chapter 12: Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation)

Land Usage Distribution (as at end-2009)

Class

Residential

Approximate Area (km2)

%

Remarks

Private Residential

25

2.3

Public Residential

Rural Settlement

16

1.4

35

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

Commercial/Business & Office

4

0.4

Industrial Estates

Industrial

Industrial Land

Warehouse and Storage

Institutional/Open Space

Government, Institutional & Community

Facilities

Open Space

Transportation

15

735

0.6

0.3

1.4

Includes open storage areas.

2 220

24

2.2

24

2.2

Includes parks, stadiums and playgrounds.

Roads

42

3.8

Railways

3

0.3

Airport

13

1.2

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

Utilities

Vacant Development Land/

16

876

0.7

0.6

1.4

Construction in Progress

Others

21

1.9

Agriculture

Agricultural Land

51

4.6

Fish Ponds/Gei Wais

17

1.5

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

234

21.2

Shrubland

241

21.7

Grassland

260

23.5

Mangrove and Swamp

5

0.4

Barren Land

Badland

Quarries

Rocky Shore

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

Streams and Nullahs

Total

Source: Planning Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2231 5000)

512

0.4 0.1

0.2

24

2.2

5

0.4

1 108

100.0

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.

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