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The Lands Department issued two consents for the sale of 1,384 residential units in uncompleted development projects in November, a department spokesman said today (December 6).

The two residential developments, one in Tsuen Wan and the other in Shatin, are estimated to be completed between December, 2005, and June, 2006.

At the end of November, 2004, there were 16 applications for pre-sale consent pending approval, involving a total of 10,640 residential units.

Among them, nine applications involving 4,544 residential units are estimated to be completed in 2005. The remaining seven applications involving 6,096 residential units are estimated to be completed before September, 2006.

There were three applications for pre-sale consent for commercial developments pending approval as at the end of November, 2004.

In addition, there were two applications for consent to assign involving 1,650 residential units and two applications for consent to assign for commercial developments pending approval.

People may obtain up-to-date information on consents to sell residential units in uncompleted developments issued for the last six months and cases pending approval as at the end of November, 2004, by dialling Legal Advisory & Conveyancing Office's Hotline No. 2147 5475 or visiting the department's website at www.info.gov.hk/landsd/.

The names of the developer, its parent company (if any), its solicitors, authorised person (including the name of the firm), the main superstructure contractor, the mortgagee bank (if any), the undertaking bank (if any) and the financier (if any) in respect of individual development are also available to the public in the form of reports obtainable through the fax-on-demand facilities of the Hotline or the Lands Department website.

Ends/Monday, December 6, 2004

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