Lands Department releases figures on registered lease modifications, land exchanges, private treaty grants and lot extensions in second quarter of 2021
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     The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (July 15) that it registered 11 lease modifications and two land exchanges in the Land Registry during the quarter ending June 2021, of which five were modifications of a technical nature involving nil premium.
     
     Among these 13 land transactions, six are located on Hong Kong Island, three are in Kowloon and four are in the New Territories. The transactions exclude Small House cases.
     
     A further four lots were granted by private treaty during the period. Two were granted to the Hong Kong Housing Authority for public housing developments in Diamond Hill and Sha Tin, one was granted to the Hong Kong Housing Society for development of a public rental housing estate and subsidised sale flat units in Kai Tak and the other one was granted for an electricity substation in Sheung Shui.
     
     There were no lot extensions registered during the quarter.
 
     The above land transactions realised a total land premium of about $13,813.944 million.
     
     Transaction records of the lease modifications, land exchanges, private treaty grants and lot extensions, including those registered recently, are uploaded to the LandsD 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/Thursday, July 15, 2021
Issued at HKT 17:58

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