Three pre-sale consents issued in September
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The Lands Department issued three consents for the sale of 2,586 residential units in three uncompleted development projects last month (September).

The projects, located in Kowloon, are estimated to be completed between August 2001 and March 2002, a spokesman for the Department said today (October 9).

At the end of September, there were 15 applications for pre-sale consent involving a total of 9,694 residential units across the SAR. The units are expected to be completed between December 2000 and August 2002.

In addition, there were four applications for pre-sale consent concerning commercial developments in Kowloon.

Applications for consent to assign being processed included one residential project involving a total of 705 units in Kowloon.

For information on the pre-sale consents, members of the public can call the Lands Department at 2147 5475 or visit its website at http://www.landsd.gov.hk/.

End/Monday, October 9, 2000

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Table 1 - PARTICULARS OF PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN ISSUED for the period from 01/09/2000 to 30/09/2000
Table 2 - PARTICULARS OF APPLICATION FOR PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN PENDING APPROVAL as at 30/09/2000