Two pre-sale consents issued in April
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The Lands Department issued two consents for the sale of 926 residential units in uncompleted development projects last month (April).

The projects, located in Yuen Long and on Hong Kong Island, are estimated to be completed between August 2001 and December 2002, a spokesman for the Department said today (May 7).

At the end of April, there were 15 applications for pre-sale consent involving a total of 8,355 residential units across the SAR. The units are expected to be completed between September 2001 and June 2004.

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

Applications for consent to assign being processed included two residential projects involving a total of 2,776 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/Monday, May 7, 2001

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Table 1 - PARTICULARS OF PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN ISSUED for the period from 01/4/2001 to 30/4/2001
Table 2 - PARTICULARS OF APPLICATION FOR PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN PENDING APPROVAL as at 30/4/2001