Government to sell two sites by public tender
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     The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (May 20) that a residential site and a commercial site in the 2016-17 Land Sale Programme will be disposed of by public tender.

     The two sites are Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 523 at Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam, Tuen Mun, New Territories, and Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 517 at Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories. The tender invitation for Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 523 will commence on May 27 and close on June 24. The tender invitation for Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 517 will commence on May 27 and close on July 8.

     Tuen Mun Town Lot No. 523 has a site area of about 7,578 square metres and is designated for private residential purposes. The minimum gross floor area and the maximum gross floor area are 16,368 sq m and 27,280 sq m respectively.

     Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 517 has a site area of about 1,207.8 square metres and is designated for non-industrial (excluding residential, godown and petrol filling station) purposes. The minimum gross floor area and the maximum gross floor area are 6,885 sq m and 11,474 sq m respectively.

     Land sale documents including the Forms of Tender, the Tender Notices, the Conditions of Sale and the sale plans of the two lots will be available for downloading from the LandsD website (www.landsd.gov.hk), and the sale plans will be available for distribution and inspection by the public from May 27, when the particulars of the tenders will also be gazetted.

Ends/Friday, May 20, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:00

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