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Data Alignment Measures project initiated by the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau.
Land Registration
Land Registration is essential to Hong Kong's social and economic development. The Land Registry provides a comprehensive service for registering documents affecting land and keeping land records for public inspection. Over 2.7 million registers and 17 million documents can be accessed electronically. The table below shows the registry's business volume in 2006.
Land Registry Business Volume in 2006
Registration Services
(Distribution of Land Documents Lodged for Registration)
Nature
Agreements for sale and purchase of building units
Agreements for sale and purchase of land
Assignments of building units.
Assignments of land
Building mortgages/building legal charges
Other mortgages/legal charges
Others
Number
99 087
2 086
125 983
5 804
117
101 222
239 076
573 375
Total
Search Services
(Distribution of Searches of Land Registers and Records)
Online Searches*
Number
Per cent
3 714 475
86.4
Counter Searches
Number
Per cent
584 011
13.6
* Online searches are conducted through Integrated Registration Information System
(IRIS) Online Services.
Work is continuing on the setting up of a title registration system. During the year, the registry reviewed the Land Titles Ordinance and consulted the relevant stakeholders. Work also started during the year
during the year on developing information technology systems to facilitate title registrations.