Other Housing Statistics

- Private Domestic Units with Consent to

  Commence Work by Area

Private Domestic Units with Consent to Commence Work by Area
Area 1997 1998 1999* 2000* 2001* 2002* 2003 2004
              First submission Major revision First submission Major revision
Hong Kong Island  2271 7582 7690 2283 2501 5076 3311 64 639 128
Kowloon and New Kowloon  3125 5890 7620 7983 16453 5128 5834 468 430 207
Tsuen Wan  1387 1465 1256 1965 1278 5007 248 4241 2300 3264
Sha Tin 7402 1666 1075 61 971 609 141 28 426 0
Tuen Mun 2437 3954 2172 1188 631 72 2120 1855 0 0
Tai Po  578 446 513 771 248 299 0 0 6 1
Fanling/Sheung Shui 4665 4012 426 828* 254 331 92 1030 0 1545
Rest of New Territories 19097 8828 23571 16287* 4938 1749 4909 4811 4881 228
Total 40962 33843 44323 31366 27274 18271 16665 12497 8682 5373

 

Note:

 

 

Private residential flats also include residential flats built under the Urban improvement Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Separate figures for "First submission" and "Major revision" were not available for 2002 and the years before.

* = Revised figures

Source: Buildings Department; Lands Department (For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4068) cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003 & 2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition, p.151 and Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.157.