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June 24, 2023
Tsuen Wan site opens for tender

The Government invited public tenders for a private residential site at Yau Kom Tau in Tsuen Wan for developing a project involving Starter Homes for Hong Kong Residents (SH). The tender invitation will close on August 18.

The tender invitation will serve to implement the measure to allocate land in the 2023-24 Land Sale Programme for developing SH projects as announced in the 2022 Policy Address.

The project’s developer is required to sell all the flats developed on the lot as SH units at 80% of market prices to people who meet the eligibility criteria.

The developer shall provide not less than 1,940 flats on the lot, each with a minimum saleable area of 26 sq m or around 280 sq ft. In addition, at least 70% of all the units should be no smaller than 34.8 sq m or around 375 sq ft.

Eligible applicants should be Hong Kong residents who have lived in the city for seven years and must never have owned any residential property in Hong Kong.

20 building plans approved in April

The Buildings Department approved 20 building plans in April - six on Hong Kong Island, six in Kowloon and eight in the New Territories.

Of the approved plans, 12 were for apartment and apartment-commercial developments, two were for commercial developments, three were for factory and industrial developments, and three were for community services development.

Consent was given for works to start on 11 building projects which, when completed, will provide 66,918 sq m of gross floor area for domestic use involving 2,326 units and 63,105 sq m of gross floor area for non-domestic use.

Additionally, the department received notification of commencement of superstructure works for 10 building projects. It also issued 18 occupation permits - seven on Hong Kong Island, five in Kowloon and six in the New Territories.

Buildings certified for occupation have 19,815 sq m of gross floor area for domestic use involving 416 units and 7,198 sq m for non-domestic use.