CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
Principal Government Land Agent:
W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.R.S.H., F.I.Arb., J.P. I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S., J.P. (Acting)
J. T. COOPER, F.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S. (Acting)
GENERAL
7.01 The Land, Survey and Planning Branches, which constitute the Crown Lands and Survey Office, are reported upon separately under individual headings. During the year the demand for land suitable for development continued unabated but the number of sites, capable of intensive development, that can be made available grew less and the value of such sites accordingly continued to increase. A resumption programme in connection with Urban Renewal was commenced and this, allied with the ground work that had to be done for the renewal of large number of leases in New Kowloon due to expire next year, resulted in a considerable workload on the staff of the Land Branch. The ever-increasing Government development programme also led to a year of intense activity for the Planning and Survey Branches.
7.02 By the nature of its work, this office has a high degree of involvement both within the Department and with other Government Departments which leads to considerable demands being made on the time of senior staff for attendance on committees. The weekly Land Meeting with representatives of the Secretariat and the Registrar General's Department and the weekly P.W.D. Land Conference, supported by the fortnightly Building Conference and Crown Land Conference, handle all individual cases of sales of private land and special cases where the building permitted on a site is controlled by lease conditions, as well as deciding or advising on policy issues and sites for major Government projects. The other main inter-departmental committees on which officers of this sub-department serve are:
Committee Representative(s) Government Town Planner Land Development Planning Committee Town Planning Board Housing Board 77 Government Town Planner (Secretary) Government Town Planner