Government announces quarterly land sale programme for October to December 2025
The Government announced today (October 9) the quarterly land sale programme for the third quarter of 2025-26, i.e. October to December 2025.
The Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, said in the third quarter of 2025-26, the Government will put up for tender a residential site at Choi Hing Road, Jordan Valley, Kowloon. The site is able to provide around 570 flats. It is selected from the Annual Land Sale List announced in February this year and is situated in a mature urban neighbourhood at New Clear Water Bay Road with comprehensive surrounding facilities and a traffic network. The site is originally zoned as "Government, Institution or Community". The Government is now rezoning the site for "Residential" use and expects the procedures to be completed within the quarter.
The Government will require the developer of the site to set aside part of its floor area for social welfare facilities. Separately, the relaxation of the gross floor area (GFA) exemption arrangement for car parks in private developments, as announced by the Chief Executive in his 2025 Policy Address, will be applicable to this residential site. The developer is not required to construct underground car parks to enjoy full GFA exemption for no more than two storeys of above ground car parks. The measure would help lower construction costs and shorten construction time.
Apart from government land sale, residential land supply this quarter also includes Tuen Mun Area 16 Station Package One property development project that was recently put up for tender by the MTR Corporation, capable of providing around 1 280 flats. As for private development and redevelopment projects, eight projects are expected to complete the land administration procedures in the third quarter, providing a total supply of around 4 570 flats, representing a relatively high level in recent years for two consecutive quarters. It also reflects that developers are recently more active in premium negotiations with the Government. Out of the eight projects, two projects are larger in scale and located in an area of high development potential in the Northern Metropolis, including a land exchange case at Hung Shui Kiu Area 19B in the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area under the "Enhanced Conventional New Town Approach" earlier announced by the Development Bureau, providing around 1 900 flats; and another case situating in Sheung Shui, providing over 2 500 flats. The project details will be announced by the Lands Department after the completion of procedures.
"Taking all sources of land supply into account, the total private housing land supply in the third quarter of this financial year would support the development of around 6 420 units. Together with the supply from the first two quarters, the total private housing land supply of the first three quarters of this financial year is expected to support some 12 430 units, which is around 94 per cent and is very close to our annual target of private housing supply (13 200units). This figure has not yet reflected projects not requiring lease modification from the third quarter, as such figures are only available at a later stage. We are pleased to see the good progress in supply and the rather active performance of private development projects this year. The Government will continue to carefully plan for projects to be rolled out in the next quarter, taking into account the demand and supply situation of the private market," Ms Linn said.
The Government will continue to sustain its effort in rolling out land in a prudent and pragmatic manner and will flexibly adjust its land disposal strategy according to market situation, in order to meet the development needs of society.
The list of the sites to be tendered in October to December 2025 is in the Annex. The actual tender timetable will be drawn up taking into account the progress of necessary preparatory work. The Lands Department will announce the detailed land sale arrangements before individual sites are put up for tender.
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