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Figure 37. Distribution of brownfield sites by locations in Hong KongWithin other development projectsWithin conservation-related zonesRemaining brownfield sitesTotal 1,579 ha246 ha243 ha94 ha70 ha150 ha76 ha700 haHung Shui Kiu / Ha TsuenNew Territories NorthYuen Long SouthKwu Tung North and Fanling NorthWithin new development areas (NDA) 653 haYuen LongSouthHung Shui Kiu / Ha TsuenNWNT1,170 ha(74%)New TerritoriesNorthSWNT10 ha(0.6%)SENT24 ha(1.5%)NENT376 ha(24%)Kwu Tung Northand Fanling NorthSource: Planning DepartmentNotes: NWNT refers to Northwest New Territories; NENT refers to Northeast New Territories; SWNT refers to Southwest New Territories; SENT refers to Southeast New TerritoriesIn fact, brownfield sites are not idle, but serve as important economic ancillary land for an array of industrial activities. The shortage of industrial land in the past is one of the key reasons why the brownfield operation has been proliferating in the New Territories. The provision of industrial land, in particular for port back-up and logistics industries, could not meet the continuing growth of the trading and logistics sector in the past decade. Relevant operations therefore gradually crept into abandoned agricultural land, taking advantage of the low rental of such land in the New Territories.According to the findings of the Government’s Study on Existing Profile and Operations of Brownfield Sites in the New Territories, a total of 1,579 hectares of brownfield sites were identified, predominantly in the Northwest and Northeast New Territories (74% and 24% respectively). More than half (803 hectares) of these brownfield sites are within the New Development Areas (653 hectares) or within other development projects initiated by either the Government or the private sector (150 hectares) (Figure 37).Lack of industrial land supply forced logistics operators to move into brownfields in the New Territories54