Development Bureau revealed 103 land rezoning residential

In recent years, the government has rezoned land for domestic purposes and increased the supply of public and private residential sites. According to the latest data from the Development Bureau, up to March this year, the Government has identified some 215 sites with potential redevelopment, of which 103 are for residential use or have been completed for rezoning for residential development, providing a total of about 12.22 Million residential units.

Since the 2013 Policy Address, the government has announced three batches of sites with the potential to be redeveloped for housing development. With more than 210 sites involved, the government estimates that over 310,000 public and private housing flats can be built, of which about 70% are public housing units. Secretary for Development Wong Wai-lun [Map] revealed that the land is expected to be only sufficient for 6 to 7 years.

Yesterday, Wong Wai-lun, in reply to a question raised by the Legislative Council in a written reply yesterday, disclosed that 103 of them were already zoned or completed for land rezoning. They provided about 122,200 residential units and public housing units numbered 74,900 (about 61%); private individuals Housing development provides 47,300 people, accounting for about 39%. As for the other 41 sites, statutory rezoning procedures have been implemented and an estimated 74,100 flats are involved. There are 69,100 flats (about 93%) in public housing units and about 5 000 flats for private residential purposes.

A total of 122,200 households were provided

The Development Bureau also disclosed the progress of the land rezoning for each site. Among them, the land use rights for the Wan Chai Lui Kee Education Services Center and the Wan Chai Polyclinic in the proposed rezoning of private residential developments in 2013 have not yet been completed.

In response, the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, in reply to a written question by Legislative Council Members pointed out that the “Long Term Housing Strategy” announced in December last year mentioned that from FY2020 to FY2020 to 2026 to 2027