Three pre-sale consents issued in June
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The Lands Department issued three pre-sale consents for the sale of 1,131 residential units in uncompleted development projects last month (June).

The projects, located in Kwai Chung and on Hong Kong Island, are estimated to be completed between August and December 2002, a spokesman for the department said today (July 7).

As at the end of June, there were 16 applications for pre-sale consent involving a total of 11,664 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.

As at the end of last month, applications for consent to assign being processed included two residential projects in Sai Kung and on Tsing Yi Island.

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/Saturday, July 7, 2001

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Table 1 - PARTICULARS OF PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN ISSUED for the period from 01/6/2001 to 30/6/2001
Table 2 - PARTICULARS OF APPLICATION FOR PRESALE CONSENT AND CONSENT TO ASSIGN PENDING APPROVAL as at 30/6/2001