| Completed
New Buildings Certified for Occupation by Type |
| Type of building |
1995 |
1996 |
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
| Residential |
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of building
projects |
64 |
80 |
63
|
71
|
56
|
| Total cost of
construction (HK
$million) |
6,438 |
6,247 |
6,179
|
13,439
|
12,080
|
| Cost of usable
floor area (HK$/m)* |
11,632 |
14,551 |
14,870
|
18,346
|
20,074
|
| Non-residential |
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of building
projects |
202(5) |
222 |
298(1)
|
254
|
174
|
| Total cost of
construction (HK$
million) |
17,879 |
16,172 |
19,484
|
35,574
|
29,986
|
| Cost of usable
floor area (HK$/m)* |
14,675 |
15,682 |
16,629
|
21,148
|
28,597
|
| Combined residential
and non-residential |
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of building
projects |
68 |
67 |
58
|
52
|
69
|
| Total cost of
construction (HK$
million) |
5,364 |
5,661 |
5,563
|
10,556
|
18,842
|
| Cost of usable
floor area (HK$/m)* |
8,799 |
12,168 |
12,043
|
11,849
|
16,990
|
| Total |
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of building
projects |
334(5) |
369 |
419(1)
|
377
|
299(1)
|
| Total cost of
construction (HK$
million) |
29,681 |
28,081 |
31,226
|
59,569
|
60,908
|
| Cost of usable
floor area (HK$/m)* |
12,454 |
14,561 |
15,148
|
17,960
|
21,312
|
Notes: Figures in brackets denote to the numbers of building projects for
which the construction costs are not available. There have been included
in the corresponding total number of building projects.
Figures include building of the Hong Kong Housing Society, Private
Sector Participation Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and private
buildings but exclude small houses in the New Territories.
* Calculation excludes projects with no floor area given or construction
costs are not available. Source: Buildings Department (For
enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone
No.: 2582 4068), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department
(2000), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2000 Edition. Hong
Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p. 131.
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