DEVB(PL)130.PDF

Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2017-18 Reply Serial No. DEVB(PL)130 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY (Question Serial No. 3056) Head: (91) Lands Department Subhead (No. title): (-) Not Specified Programme: (1) Land Administration Controlling Officer: Director of Lands (Ms Bernadette LINN) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Development Question: Will the Government inform this Committee of the following: a. How many hectares of residential sites have been provided to the market by the Government by methods of land disposal such as auction, tender and lease modification/land exchange each year since 2012-13? How many residential flats in total are expected to be built? b. According to the progress of land development mentioned above, please provide in table form the “areas of land”, “numbers of residential units to be built”, “dates of lease execution”, “building covenant period in the lease”, “any application for extension of the building covenant period”, “date of first submission of plans to the Buildings Department (BD) for approval” and “date of written consent from BD for the commencement of works” of land disposal from 2012-13 to 2015- 16. Asked by: Hon LAU Kwok-fan (Member Question No. 42) Reply: a. From 2012-13 up to end of February 2017, the number of government sites sold for private housing development and the estimated number of flats that could be produced are set out in the table below. The actual number of flats to be produced is however subject to the final desi