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				(sq. km)
Class	2000	2001	2002	2003

Residential
Private Residential①	24	25	25	24
Public Residential②	16	17	17	17
Rural Settlements③	27	26	26	26
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	3	3
Industrial
Industrial	5	5	5	6
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage④	11	11	11	12
Institution
Government, Institution and Community Facilities	20	20	21	21
Transportation
Roads	35	35	36	37
Railways	1	1	1	2
Airport	13	13	13	13
Open Space⑤	20	20	20	20
Vacant Land
Vacant Development Land/Construction in Progress	27	31	33	31
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	5	5	5	6
Public Utilities	6	6	6	6
Other Uses	14	14	14	16
Agricultural Land
Agricultural	57	55	54	58
Fish ponds/Gei wais	13	13	13	13
Woodland/ Shrubland/ Grassland
Woodland	190	190	190	285
Shrubland	241	241	241	230
Grassland	310	308	308	226
Wetland
Mangrove and Swamp	6	6	6	5
Barren Land
Badland	16	16	16	11
Quarries	3	3	3	2
Rocky Shore	5	5	5	2
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24
Streams and Nullahs	4	4	4	4
Total	1099	1100	1103	1103


Notes: From 2000 onwards, a new survey method by using remote sensing technology and a new classification of land uses have been adopted.
The results of the survey provide a set of more detailed land uses, particularly in the rural non-built-up areas. Hence, figures presented
above are not strictly comparable with those for years 1999 and before.
Figures are as at December of the year.
①Residential land developed by private developers except village houses, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)/Private Sector Participation
Scheme (PSPS) and temporary housing areas.
②Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas.
③Include temporary structures.
④Include open storage areas.
⑤Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds.