Public Consultation On Land Supply To Start Soon

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• Public consultation on land supply to start soon

A public consultation that includes 18 proposals on how Hong Kong can free-up land for housing purposes, is expected to start by the end of this month.

The chairman of the government's Task Force on Land Supply, Stanley Wong, said on Saturday that it will be asking for the public's views over a five-month period about different options to boost the city's land supply, including reclamation and making use of the fringes of country parks.

He added that the task force has no preferences over any of the options - but it's likely that the city will need to adopt several of the proposals to find the 1,200 hectares that will be needed in the coming years.

"Many of the options can actually satisfy the need for 1,200 hectares and hopefully the community would be able to participate", Wong said.