Government to sell two sites by public tender
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     The Lands Department announced today (February 21) that two residential sites in the 2013-14 Land Sale Programme will be disposed of by public tender.

     The two sites are Rural Building Lot No. 1198 at the junction of Shouson Hill Road West and Wong Chuk Hang Path, Hong Kong, and Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 499 at Tseng Choi Street, Area 4, Tuen Mun, New Territories. The tender invitation for both lots will commence on March 21 and close on May 9.

     Rural Building Lot No. 1198 has a site area of about 10,860 square metres and is designated for private residential purposes. The minimum gross floor area and the maximum gross floor area are 4,887 sq m and 8,145 sq m respectively.

     Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 499 has a site area of about 2,202 sq m and is designated for non-industrial (excluding godown, hotel and petrol filling station) purposes. The minimum gross floor area is 8,483 sq m. The maximum gross floor area for non-industrial (excluding godown, hotel, petrol filling station and private residential) purposes is 6,606 sq m. Both include the gross floor area of Government Accommodation, being a residential care home for the elderly, a day care centre for the elderly and the ancillary parking spaces and lay-by, to be constructed by the purchaser. The maximum gross floor area for private residential purposes is computed according to the relevant special condition in the Conditions of Sale. The total number of residential units to be built shall not be less than 140.

     The final Conditions of Sale for both lots will be available for distribution to the public and uploaded to the Lands Department's website (www.landsd.gov.hk) by March 21, when the particulars of the tender will also be gazetted.

Ends/Friday, February 21, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:00

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