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22-3 LAND USAGE |  |  |
Unit:sq. km |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |  |  |
Developed Lands |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |  |
Residential① | 39 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 44 |  |  |
Public Rental Housing② | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |  |  |
Industrial③ | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |  |  |
Open Space | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |  |  |
Government, Institution and Community Facilities | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 |  |  |
Vacant Development Land④ | 34 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 39 |  |  |
Roads/Railways⑤ | 22 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 |  |  |
Temporary Housing Areas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |
Non-built-up Lands⑥ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Woodlands⑦ | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 |  |  |
Grass and Scrub⑧ | 519 | 519 | 519 | 519 | 519 |  |  |
Badlands, Swamp and Mangrove⑨ | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |  |  |
Arable⑩ | 69 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 61 |  |  |
Fish Ponds⑾ | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |  |  |
Temporary Structures/Livestock Farms | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |  |  |
Reservoir | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |  |  |
Other Uses⑿ | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |  |  |
Total | 1075 | 1092 | 1095 | 1096 | 1097 |  |  |
Notes: ①Include all residential areas except public rental housing estates and temporary housing areas. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Starting from 1992, figures exclude Home Ownership Scheme(HOS)/ Private Sector Participation Scheme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(PSPS) area is also excluded. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
②Figures include HOS/PSPS from 1992 onwards. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
③Include warehouse and storage. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
④Include land with construction in progress. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑤Include flyovers and railway lands. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑥Within these are 414.7 sq. km of country parks and special areas designated under the Country Parks |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinance for protection of vegetation and wild life and for recreation. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑦Natural and established woodlands. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑧Natural grass and scrubland. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑨Land stripped of cover, or denuded granite country including coastal brackish swamp and mangrove. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑩Cultivable lands, including orchards and market gardens, under cultivation and fallow. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⑾Fresh and brackish water fish farming excluding coastal marine fish farms. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |