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The Lands Department registered 14 lease modifications and three land exchanges in the Land Registry during the quarter ending June 2014, of which 10 were modifications of a technical nature involving nil premium.
Among these 17 land transactions, 11 are located on Hong Kong Island, four are in Kowloon and two are in the New Territories. The transactions exclude Small House cases.
There were no private treaty grants registered during the quarter.
The above land transactions realised a total land premium of about $2,458.77 million.
Transaction records of the lease modifications, land exchanges and private treaty grants, including those registered recently, are uploaded to the Lands Department's website (www.landsd.gov.hk) on a monthly basis. Details of the transactions may be obtained by searching the registered documents in the Land Registry.
Ends/Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:00
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