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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2020-11-26 16:51
Last update date: 2020-11-26 16:51
The housing supply shortage and traffic congestion in Hong Kong have been plagued for many years. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor released the Policy Address yesterday (25th), stating that he has found all 330 hectares of land for the construction of 316,000 public housing units, which can meet the long-term plan for the next ten years. , But there is no mention of the use of the Land Resumption Ordinance to recover private land for development.
The Secretary for Development, Wong Wai-lun, stated at a press conference today (26) that the government will reclaim 400 hectares of land in the next five years. He described it as "not very eye-catching," but said that the land resumption area has increased by 20 times compared with the past five years.
However, in fact, the policy address issued last year already mentioned that 400 hectares of land would be resumed in the next five years.
On November 26, Secretary for Development Huang Weilun attended a press conference to explain the relevant measures in the policy address.
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Carrie Lam mentioned in his Policy Address last year that the Land Resumption Ordinance and other applicable regulations were used to recover three types of private land, including privately-owned brownfields in the New Territories, private land without development plans, and squatter areas.
In addition, it was mentioned at that time that some of the existing private land that has been included in the statutory outline zoning plan has been zoned as a comprehensive development area, Class A residential land, etc., and may have been left empty for many years without development. The government will review and consider quoting The Land Resumption Ordinance develops public housing. At this stage, 10 plots of land have been found, distributed in Kowloon and the northwestern New Territories.
The Secretary for Development, Wong Wai-lun, was asked at a press conference about the progress of land resumption under the relevant regulations. He said that about 400 hectares of land would be recovered in the next five years. He described the land concerned as "not so eye-catching", "I will work hard to do a lot better. Kung Fu." He said that only 20 hectares of land was reclaimed in the past five years, which means that the land reclaimed in the next five years is about 20 times.
The Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said last month that she would use the "Land Resumption Ordinance" more in the future, planning to recover nearly 400 hectares of land.
However, it is worth noting that Carrie Lam’s policy address issued last year also stated that the Land Resumption Ordinance would be used to reclaim land. At that time, it was said that about 700 hectares of private land would be recovered, of which more than 400 hectares would be recovered in the next five years. This means that this year's land resumption target is the same as last year.
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