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But Reclaimed Land Will Soon be Depleted

Reclaimed Land Available for Sale (Private Residential Use)
Site Area (m sf)
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

TKO(2002) Tai Po - Pak Shek Kok(2000) Kai Tak(2001)
Tung Chung(2003) West Kowloon(1993)

Notes: ( ) Figures in bracket denotes the years when the land was first made available for sale.
Only include land planned for residential use.
Sources: Building Departments, Lands Department, Town Planning Board, Our Hong Kong Foundation.

1. However, having researched into a number of large reclamation projects in the past, we
discovered that the inventory of residential land obtained through reclamation will soon be
emptied. The total site area plummeted from more than 8m sf in 2003, to only around 2m sf in
2016, representing a 75% drop. At this rate, these reclaimed land could be exhausted in the next
few years!

2. Eight residential sites in Kai Tak are included in this year’s Land Sale Programme (2017/18). When
they are sold, the government will have only three residential sites and a number of mixed-used
sites left for sale (for residential use) in Kai Tak.

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