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Appendices

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Table 29

(Chapter 12: Planning, Land and Infrastructure)

Land Usage Distribution as at End-2015

Class

Residential

Approximate

area (km2)

%

Remarks

Private Residential

26

2.3

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

temporary housing area).

Public Residential

16

1.4

Including subsidised housing and temporary housing area.

Rural Settlement

35

3.2

Including village housing and temporary structures.

Commercial

Commercial/Business and Office

4

0.4

Industrial

Industrial Land

Industrial Estates

Warehouse and Open Storage

16

7306

0.6

0.3

1.4

Institutional/Open Space

Government, Institutional and

25

2.3

Community Facilities

Open Space

25

2.3

Including parks, stadiums, playgrounds and recreational facilities.

Transportation

Roads

40

Railways

Airport

omm

3.6

3

13

Other Urban or Built-up Land

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

8

Utilities

8

Vacant Land/Construction in Progress

17

Others

22

N5OO LO

0.3

1.2

0.7

0.7

1.5

2.0

Agriculture

Agricultural Land

Fish Ponds/Gei Wais

55

51

4.6

17

1.5

isa

Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland

Woodland

275

24.7

Shrubland

261

23.5

Grassland

196

17.7

Mangrove and Swamp

5

0.4

Barren Land

Badland

Quarries

Rocky Shore

Water Bodies

Reservoirs

Streams and Nullahs

Total

Note:

Source:

2.

1

0.1

4

2000

0.2

0.4

25

2.3

5

0.4

1,110

100.0

About 4km2 of Mangrove and Swamp, which is below the High Water Mark, is included in

this figure. This 4km2 should not be counted in the total land area of the territory.

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

The above land usage figures as at end-2015 have been updated with satellite images dated February 2016, in-house survey information up to end-2015 and other relevant information from various government departments. As definitions of some land use classes and methodology are updated from time to time, the figures this year may not be comparable directly to those provided in previous years.

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