Broad Land Usage Distribution

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	Approximate area (sq.km)
Class	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Residential
Private residential (i)	24	25	25	25	25
Public residential (ii)	17	17	17	16	16
Rural settlement (iii)	26	35	36	34	34
Commercial
Commercial/Business and office	3	3	3	3	3
Industrial
Industrial land	6	7	7	7	7
Industrial estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and storage (iv)	12	15	15	14	14
Institution/Open Space
Government, institution and community facilities	21	23	23	24	24
Open Space (v)	20	21	22	22	23
Transportation
Roads	37	38	38	39	41
Railways	2	2	3	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and crematoriums	6	7	7	7	7
Utilities	6	6	6	7	7
Vacant development land/Construction in progress	31	29	26	20	19
Others	16	18	20	21	20
Agriculture
Agricultural land	58	56	55	51	51
Fish ponds/Gei wais	13	17	18	17	16
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland	285	268	257	245	247
Shrubland	230	214	220	228	237
Grassland	226	249	251	266	255
Mangrove and swamp (vi)	10	5	5	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	11	5	5	5	5
Quarries	2	2	2	2	2
Rocky shore	2	2	2	2	2
Water Bodies
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	24
Streams and nullahs	4	3	5	5	5
Total	1108	1107	1108	1108	1108

Remarks:	(1)	The above land usage figures as at end 2007 have been updated with satellite images dated November 2007, in-house survey information up to end 2007 and other relevant information from various Government departments. As some definitions of land use classes have been updated, the figures above may not be comparable directly to those provided in previous years.

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Notes :

(i)   Residential land developed by private developers (except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area).
(ii)    Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area.
(iii)   Include village housing and temporary structures.
(iv)   Include open storage areas.
(v)    Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds.
(vi)   Include areas below the High Water Mark.

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Last revision date : 26 March 2008