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Land Requirement and Supply Analysis

‘Hong Kong 2030+’ projects the latest demand and supply of land for three broad
categories of land uses over the projection period (2019-2048), viz housing, economic
uses, as well as uses covering Government, Institution and Community (GIC) facilities,
open space and transport infrastructure (Table 1). It is projected that the overall demand
for land would be about 6 200 ha, considerably higher than the initial estimate of 4 800 ha

suggested in 2016. This is because the Government has taken a more visionary, forward
looking and capacity creating approach in making the projection, assuming:

An enhancement in home space
when working out the overall land
requirement for accommodating
demand for an additional 1 million

housing units, which would translate
into average living space per person
2
2
at 20 m /215 ft (after an assumed Much stepped up demand for land
10% home space enhancement) and to drive economic development
2
2
22 m /237 ft (after an assumed 20% leveraging on the opportunities arising
home space enhancement)
th
from the ‘National 14 Five-Year
Plan’ and the ‘Outline Development
Plan for the GBA’. It has assumed,

for instance, a demand of at least
340 ha of land for promoting the

Enhancement in the provision targets development of science, innovation
of GIC facilities, open space and and technology-related industries
transport infrastructure. For instance,

the land per person ratio for open
2
space has been increased to 3.5 m ,
higher than the existing standard of
2 m 2

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