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Events in Brief
Vacant School Premises Sites Review
The Central Clearing House mechanism was established in 2011 with an aim to making gainful
use of vacant school premises (VSP) sites which were confirmed by the Education Bureau as
no longer required for school use. In the results of the review announced in August 2022,
the Department has examined the long-term uses of 14 vacant/to-be-vacant school premises
sites, and recommended eight of them for housing development and six to be retained for
Government, Institution or Community (GIC) use. Since 2011, the Department has reviewed a
total of 250 vacant/to-be-vacant school premises sites. The majority of VSP sites (161 sites)
have already been or will be put to gainful uses, including public housing, transitional housing,
GIC and short term uses by non-government organisations, etc.
Green Belt Review
Rezoning is an important source of housing land supply in recent years, and sites on “Green
Belt” (“GB”) zoning has been one of the major components of such rezoning efforts. As
announced in the 2022 Policy Address in October, the Department has completed a new round
of review of land zoned “GB” and shortlisted about 255 hectares of “GB” sites with potential for
housing development, which can provide up to 70 000 units. Subject to the results of relevant
technical studies, the rezoning of the first batch of sites is targeted in 2024.
Potential “Green Belt” Sites
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