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Appendices

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Table 29

(Chapter 12: Planning, Land and Infrastructure)

Land Usage Distribution (as at end-2014)

Class

Residential

Private Residential

Approximate area (km2)

% Remarks

26

2.3

Residential land developed by private developers (excluding village houses, subsidised housing and

Public Residential

16

1.4

Rural Settlement

35

3.2

Commercial

Commercial/Business and Office

4

0.4

Industrial

Industrial Land

Industrial Estates

Warehouse and Open Storage

16

736

0.6

0.3

1.4

Institutional/Open Space

Government, Institutional and

25

2.3

Community Facilities

Open Space

225

2.3

Transportation

Roads

Railways

Airport

9 mm

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

Utilities

Vacant Land/Construction in Progress Others

17

40

3.6

3

0.3

13

1.2

8

0.7

0.6

1.5

22

Agriculture

Agricultural Land

51

Fish Ponds/Gei Wais

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

Shrubland

17

002 200g on

00772

4.6

1.5

274

24.7

269

24.2

Grassland

190

17.1

Mangrove and Swamp

5

0.4

Barren Land

Badland

Quarries

Rocky Shore

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

Streams and Nullahs

Total

214

0.1

228

0.2

0.4

25

5

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2.3

0.4

1,110

100.0

temporary housing area).

Including subsidised housing and temporary housing area.

Including village housing and temporary structures.

Including parks, stadiums, playgrounds and recreational facilities.

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.

Note:

Source:

According to Lands Department, the total land area of the Territory (ie land above the High Water Mark) is 1,106 km2.

The above land usage figures as at end 2014 have been updated with satellite images dated December 2014 and January 2015, in-house survey information up to end 2014 and other relevant information from various government departments. As definitions of some land use classes and methodology have been updated from time to time, the figures this year may not be comparable directly to those provided in previous years.

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