23-18    Private Buildings with Consent to Commence Work by Type of Building
	Residential		Residential/Commercial			Commercial		Industrial		Others			Total
Year	Number	Usable Floor	Number	Usable Floor Area (10 000 sq.m.)		Number	Usable Floor	Number	Usable Floor	Number	Usable Floor Area (10 000 sq.m.)		Number	Usable Floor Area (10 000 sq.m.)
	of	Area	of			of	Area	of	Area	of			of
	Blocks	(10 000 sq.m.)	Blocks	Residential	Non-residential	Blocks	(10 000 sq.m.)	Blocks	(10 000 sq.m.)	Blocks	Residential	Non-residential	Blocks	Residential	Non-residential
1997	712	110.7	148	50.2	9.9	72	50.0	41	46.2	189	2.3	25.9	1162	163.1	132.0
1998	869	93.7	107	47.1	7.0	37	32.6	35	6.9	180	6.4	20.1	1228	147.2	66.7
1999	244	77.7	98	88.1	9.1	16	19.6	18	8.5	113	3.4	12.6	489	169.3	49.8
2000	468	69.9	57	40.2	9.9	32	23.9	20	12.9	131	4.3	24.0	708	114.3	70.7
2001	212	41.0	74	58.4	9.6	12	16.9	14	4.6	92	0.8	7.5	404	100.3	38.6