Following is a question by the Hon Wilson Or and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Michael Wong, in the Legislative Council today (September 29):
Question:
Regarding the statistics on private development projects, will the Government inform this Council:
(1) of the respective numbers of applications for (a) in-situ land exchange, (b) non-in-situ land exchange and (c) lease modification for private residential development projects (i) received and (ii) processed by the Lands Department (LandsD) in each year from 2015 to 2020, as well as (iii) the estimated total number of units to be provided by the projects involved in the processed cases (set out in Table 1);
Table 1
| Year | Type of applications | (i) Number of applications received | (ii) Number of applications processed | (iii) Estimated total number of units to be provided by the projects involved in the processed cases |
| 2015 | (a) In-situ land exchange | |||
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | ||||
| (c) Lease modification | ||||
| Total: | ||||
| … | ||||
| 2020 |
(2) of the respective numbers of applications for (a) in-situ land exchange, (b) non-in-situ land exchange and (c) lease modification for private non-residential development projects (i) received and (ii) processed by the LandsD in each year from 2015 to 2020, as well as (iii) the estimated total number of units to be provided by the projects involved in the processed cases (set out in a table of the same format as Table 1); and
(3) of the number of premium assessment cases for private residential development projects completed by the LandsD in each of the past five financial years, and set out in Table 2 the details of each project?
Table 2
| Project | Execution date of land document [Type of transaction] | Location [Lot number] | Original use | Site area (hectares) | Date of valid application for land exchange / lease modification | Estimated number of units |
Reply:
President,
My reply to various parts of the question is as follows:
(1) and (2) I suppose part (1) of the question concerns those development projects intending solely for private residential use, while part (2) concerns other projects with partial private residential development (for example, a residential and commercial complex). Between 2015 and 2020, the respective numbers of cases for (a) in-situ land exchange, (b) non-in-situ land exchange and (c) lease modification, relating to these projects involving private residential development (other than those for small house developments in the New Territories), received and processed by the Lands Department (LandsD), as well as the total number of units to be provided, are consolidated in the following table:
| Year | Type of applications | (i) Number of applications received | (ii) Number of cases processed and executed (Note 1) |
(iii) Estimated total number of units to be provided by executed cases (Note 2) |
| 2015 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 7 | 8 | 1 052 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 17 | 4 | 382 | |
| Total: | 24 | 12 | 1 434 | |
| 2016 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 7 | 1 | 504 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 12 | 3 | 415 | |
| Total: | 19 | 4 | 919 | |
| 2017 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 3 | 16 | 16 832 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 16 | 4 | 493 | |
| Total: | 20 | 20 | 17 325 | |
| 2018 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 1 | 9 | 2 296 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 10 | 4 | 1 974 | |
| Total: | 11 | 13 | 4 270 | |
| 2019 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 7 | 4 | 1 087 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 5 | 6 | 1 205 | |
| Total: | 12 | 10 | 2 292 | |
| 2020 | (a) In-situ land exchange | 5 | 3 | 1 103 |
| (b) Non-in-situ land exchange | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| (c) Lease modification | 9 | 3 | 54 | |
| Total: | 14 | 7 | 1 158 | |
| Grand Total | 100 | 66 | 27 398 | |
(3) To facilitate the viewing of the above, information provided in this part is also based on calendar year. In the past five years (i.e. from 2016 to 2020), details of cases involving development projects that were "solely" for private residential use and not "solely" for private residential use (other than those for small house developments in the New Territories) processed by the LandsD (including premium assessment) are tabulated as follows:
| Project | Execution date of land document [Type of transaction] |
Location [Lot Number] |
Original use (Note 3) |
Site area (hectares) (about) |
Date of valid application for land exchange/ lease modification | Estimated number of residential units (Note 2) |
| 2016 | ||||||
| 1 | February 5, 2016 [Lease modification] |
Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Mun [Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 99 and Castle Peak Town Lot No. 18] |
Non-industrial |
0.0743 |
July 2014 | 100 |
| 2 | March 24, 2016 [Lease modification] |
Discovery Bay development [Lot No. 385 Remaining Portion in Demarcation District No. 352 and the extensions thereto] |
Multiple uses (including recreational facilities and residential etc.) | 0.6243 | January 2004 | 200 |
| 3 | June 27, 2016 [Lease modification] |
78-80 Maidstone Road, To Kwa Wan [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 9692] |
Residential |
0.0479 | November 2014 | 115 |
| 4 | December 7, 2016 [Land exchange] |
Tai Tong, Yuen Long [Yuen Long Town Lot No. 524] |
Building and agricultural |
0.4546 | July 2005 | 504 |
| Total | 919 | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 1 | January 4, 2017 [Lease modification] |
340-342 Fuk Wing Street, 27-29 Tonkin Street and 249-263 Un Chau Street, Cheung Sha Wan [New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4178] |
Industrial | 0.2403 |
January 2015 | 377 |
| 2 | February 27, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Ho Man Tin Station Package 1 [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 11264] |
Railway related | 3.6204 | October 2016 | 962 |
| 3 | April 18, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Area 85, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung [Tseung Kwan O Town Lot No. 121] |
Industrial/ Godown | 0.9635 | April 2012 | 1 518 |
| 4 | May 15, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Area 54, Siu Hong, Tuen Mun [Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 483] |
Agricultural | 4.2856 | August 2013 | 4 540 |
| 5 | May 29, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long [Lot No. 4328 in Demarcation District No. 124] |
Agricultural | 1.0240 | June 2015 | 176 |
| 6 | May 31, 2017 [Lease modification] |
301, 301A-C Prince Edward Road West, Kowloon City [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2320] |
House | 0.0749 | December 2014 | 79 |
| 7 | June 1, 2017 [Lease modification] |
195 Prince Edward Road West, Kowloon City [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2341 Section E] |
House | 0.0843 | May 2012 | 34 |
| 8 | June 6, 2017 [Land exchange] (Note 4) |
Junction of Peel Street and Gage Street, Central [Inland Lot No. 9064] |
Virtually unrestricted | 0.0893 | December 2013 | 116 |
| 9 | June 12, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang Station [Aberdeen Inland Lot No. 467] |
Railway related | 6.8581 | August 2016 | 800 |
| 10 | July 21, 2017 [Lease modification] |
30A San Shek Wan, Lantau Island [Lot No. 687 in Demarcation District No. 329] |
Residential | 0.1940 | March 2012 | 3 |
| 11 | August 16, 2017 [Land exchange] |
13 and 15, Sze Shan Street, Yau Tong [Yau Tong Inland Lot No. 41] |
Industrial/ Godown |
0.3816 | June 2010 | 332 |
| 12 | August 31, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Shap Pat Heung Road, Yuen Long [Lot No. 4056 in Demarcation District No. 120] |
Agricultural | 0.2251 | April 2015 | 266 |
| 13 | September 4, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Fo Tan, Sha Tin [Sha Tin Town Lot No. 576] |
Industrial/ Godown and Workmen's Quarters |
2.0038 | September 2013 | 914 |
| 14 | September 8, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Sai Sha, Shap Sze Heung, Tai Po [Tai Po Town Lot No. 157] |
Building and Agricultural | 62.3232 | June 2008 | 4 776 |
| 15 | October 16, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Ha Yeung, Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung [Lot No. 264 in Demarcation District No. 233] |
Agricultural | 0.3750 | May 2009 | 5 |
| 16 | October 31, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Tong Yan San Tsuen, Yuen Long [Lot No. 2168 in Demarcation District No. 121] |
Agricultural | 0.1020 | October 2013 | 15 |
| 17 | November 9, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Chau Tsai, Pak A Village, Sai Kung [Lot No. 339 in Demarcation District No. 362] |
Building and agricultural | 0.0113 | December 2006 | 1 |
| 18 | December 19, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Areas 24 and 25, Kwu Tung, Sheung Shui [Fanling Sheung Shui Town Lot No. 263] |
Residential | 0.5250 | July 2015 | 810 |
| 19 | December 22, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Ping Shan, Yuen Long [Lot No. 2128 in Demarcation District No. 121] |
Agricultural | 0.3506 | July 2015 | 18 |
| 20 | December 27, 2017 [Land exchange] |
Ma Sik Road, Area 18, Fanling [Fanling Sheung Shui Town Lot No. 262] |
Building and agricultural | 1.6187 | July 2015 | 1 583 |
| Total | 17 325 | |||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| 1 | January 23, 2018 [Lease modification] |
Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang Station (Site B) [Aberdeen Inland Lot No. 467] |
Railway related | 6.8581 | August 2017 |
600 |
| 2 | March 6, 2018 [Lease modification] |
139, 141, 143, 145 and 147 Argyle Street, Kowloon City [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6005, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6035 Remaining Portion, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6036 Remaining Portion, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6037 Remaining Portion and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6038 Remaining Portion] |
Residential and office | 0.5755 | September 2013 |
172 |
| 3 | March 29, 2018 [Lease modification] |
48A and 50 La Salle Road, Kowloon Tong [New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3851 Section D and Section E] |
Residential | 0.0883 | July 2013 | 2 |
| 4 | April 3, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Wai Yi Street, Tai Po [Tai Po Town Lot No. 233] |
Building | 0.0217 | March 2015 | 11 |
| 5 | April 16, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Man Sau Sun Tsuen, Sai Kung [Lot No. 1179 in Demarcation District No. 215] |
Agricultural | 0.0486 | May 2009 | 1 |
| 6 | August 8, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Yau Tong, Kowloon [New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6602] |
Railway related | 0.4030 | November 2016 | 500 |
| 7 | August 29, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Mo Tat, Lamma Island [Lot No. 524 in Demarcation District No. 7, Lamma Island] |
Residential and garden | 0.4552 | July 2009 | 10 |
| 8 | September 21, 2018 [Land exchange] |
233 and 235 Prince Edward Road West, Kowloon City [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 11230] |
House | 0.1340 | July 2013 | 51 |
| 9 | September 28, 2018 [Lease modification] |
Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang Station (Site C) [Aberdeen Inland Lot No. 467] |
Railway related | 6.8581 | February 2018 | 1 200 |
| 10 | October 22, 2018 [Land exchange] |
14-20 Inverness Road, Kowloon City [New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6573] |
House | 0.1440 | August 2015 | 60 |
| 11 | October 24, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Kwu Tung South, Sheung Shui [Lot No. 2579 in Demarcation District No. 92] |
Building and Agricultural | 3.7560 | January 2006 | 90 |
| 12 | December 5, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Castle Peak Road –So Kwun Wat, Siu Sau, Tuen Mun [Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 463] |
Agricultural | 2.4800 | July 2002 | 573 |
| 13 | December 17, 2018 [Land exchange] |
Ho Man Tin Station (Site B) [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 11264] |
Railway related | 3.6204 | June 2016 | 1 000 |
| Total | 4 270 | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 1 | January 4, 2019 [Land exchange] |
1 Wang Tak Street, Happy Valley [Inland Lot No. 9045] |
Residential (including hotel) | 0.0540 | December 2015 | 159 |
| 2 | January 30, 2019 [Lease modification] |
10 and 12A La Salle Road, Kowloon Tong [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3275] |
House | 0.0839 | November 2016 | 73 |
| 3 | 168 and 168C Boundary Street, Kowloon [Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3276] |
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| 4 | February 4, 2019 [Lease modification] |
16 Bowen Road, Wan Chai [Inland Lot No. 2304 and the extension thereto] |
House | 0.1435 | October 2016 | 2 |
| 5 | May 21, 2019 [Land exchange] |
Shek Wu Wai, San Tin, Yuen Long [Lot No. 2091 in Demarcation District No. 105] |
Agricultural | 11.2993 | February 2009 | 300 |
| 6 | May 23, 2019 [Lease modification] |
Mui Wo, Lantau Island [Lot No. 667 in Demarcation District No. 4, Mui Wo] |
Non-industrial | 0.0139 | November 2016 | 3 |
| 7 | June 19, 2019 [Land exchange] |
Tung Yuen Street and Shung Yiu Street, Yau Tong [Yau Tong Inland Lot No. 45] |
Industrial / Godown | 0.7773 | November 2016 | 536 |
| 8 | July 30, 2019 [Lease modification] |
13-23 Wang Wo Tsai Street, Tsuen Wan [Tsuen Wan Town Lot No. 160] |
Industrial / Godown | 0.3114 | July 2017 | 327 |
| 9 | November 26, 2019 [Land exchange] |
Nam Pin Wai, Sai Kung [Lot No. 2189 in Demarcation District No. 244] |
Agricultural | 1.3866 | January 2007 | 92 |
| 10 | December 17, 2019 [Lease modification] |
Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang Station (Site D) [Aberdeen Inland Lot No. 467] |
Railway related |
6.8581 | February 2019 | 800 |
| Total | 2 292 | |||||
| 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | August 26, 2020 [Lease modification] |
138 and 138A Pok Fu Lam Road, Pok Fu Lam [Rural Building Lot No. 757] |
Residential |
0.1895 | October 2018 | 3 |
| 2 | October 6, 2020 [Lease modification] |
Area 54, Siu Hong, Tuen Mun [Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 483 and the extension thereto] |
Non-Industrial | 4.4926 | January 2018 | 47 |
| 3 | October 12, 2020 [Land exchange ] |
Coombe Road, The Peak [Rural Building Lot No. 1207] |
House | 0.1100 | October 2016 | 1 |
| 4 | October 22, 2020 [Land exchange] |
Junction of Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road, Hung Yuen Road, Hung Tai Road and Hung On Lane, Hung Shui Kiu, Ping Shan, Yuen Long [Lot No. 4312 in Demarcation District No. 124] |
Building and agricultural | 0.9689 | March 2015 | 935 |
| 5 | November 10, 2020 [Land exchange] |
142-154 Carpenter Road, Kowloon City [New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6561] |
House |
0.0848 | November 2014 | 167 |
| 6 | December 4, 2020 [Lease modification] |
30 Hang Hau Wing Lung Road, Sai Kung [Lot No. 540 in Demarcation District No. 238] |
Residential |
0.2514 | June 2018 | 4 |
| 7 | December 22, 2020 [Land exchange] |
Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung [Lot No. 1203 in Demarcation District No. 217] |
Residential |
0.0815 | April 2014 | 1 |
| Total | 1 158 | |||||
The time required to process lease modification/land exchange applications varies depending on the complexity of the case and other factors. Such factors include whether the applicant has changed its proposed plan during the application period; whether title checking of the lot is required; the process and time needed to handle and respond to local objections and comments from Government departments, if any; the time needed to complete relevant statutory procedures (such as the statutory procedures required for proposed road works under the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 370)), if any; and the time needed to negotiate and agree on the premium amount with the applicant.
The LandsD releases on its website (www.landsd.gov.hk/en/resources/land-info-stat/non-NTEH-land-transaction.html#summary) on a monthly basis information on the respective numbers and nature of applications for lease modification, land exchange, lot extension or private treaty grant that are received, under processing or completed.
Note 1: Given the lead time required for processing, applications received may not be processed and executed in the same year. Hence, the cases processed and executed each year may not correspond to the applications received in the same year.
Note 2: The estimated total number of units to be provided is based on information provided by the applicants of lease modification and land exchange at the time of execution of the land documents. The actual flat number depends on the actual design of the proposed development.
Note 3: The users quoted are general descriptions of the uses permissible under lease, which do not fully reflect the detailed user conditions of the lot in question as prescribed in the relevant leases.
Note 4: This case is a project by the Urban Renewal Authority granted at nominal premium (i.e. $1,000).
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