Two pre-sale consents issued in March
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The Lands Department issued two consents for the sale of 491 residential units in uncompleted development projects last month (March).

The projects, located in Kowloon and on Hong Kong Island, are estimated to be completed between January and June 2001, a spokesman for the Department said today (April 6).

At the end of March, there were 14 applications for pre-sale consent involving a total of 8,423 residential units across the SAR. The units are expected to be completed between March 2001 and June 2003.

In addition, there were six applications for pre-sale consent concerning commercial developments on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon.

Applications for consent to assign being processed included four residential projects involving a total of 6,744 units in Kowloon and Sai Kung.

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/Friday, April 6, 2001

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Table 1 - PARTICULARS OF PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN ISSUED for the period from 01/3/2001 to 31/3/2001
Table 2 - PARTICULARS OF APPLICATION FOR PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN PENDING APPROVAL as at 31/3/2001