LCQ14: Statistics on private development projects
29.9.2021

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: &hellip; 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 &ndash;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] 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).