THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1985
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NEW FEES TO BE CHARGED BY LAND OFFICE
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CERTAIN FEES PAYABLE TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL (LAND OFFICER) FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE LAND OFFICE HAVE BEEN INCREASED.
THE NEW FEES WILL COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (FRIDAY), FOLLOWING APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE LAND REGISTRATION FEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1985 AND THE LAND REGISTRATION (NEW TERRITORIES) FEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1985.
THE MAJOR INCREASES RELATE TO THE FEES CHARGED FOR THE PREPARATION OF :
* A CROWN LEASE
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FROM $400 TO $1 000;
THE SURRENDER OF A CROWN LEASE OR OTHER TENANCY FROM THE CROWN FROM $100 TO $500 ;
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* PLANS RELATING TO CROWN LEASES AND OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS
FROM $100 TO $1 000, AND
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A SURVEY WHICH IS CARRIED OUT WHEN A NEW CROWN LEASE IS ISSUED FROM $300 TO $5 000,
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THE ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR L.S. SHUM, EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON FOR THE LARGE INCREASES IN THESE FEES WAS THAT PREVIOUSLY THE FEES WERE PITCHED AT A LEVEL WHICH DID NOT SEEK TO RECOVER THE COST OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE PRESENT POLICY THAT FEES SHOULD BE GEARED TO COST RECOVERY, EXERCISES HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND THE REGISTRAR GENERAL TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES, AND THE FEES HAD BEEN REVISED ACCORDINGLY, HE SAID.
+ IN FACT CROWN LEASES ARE NOW SELDOM ISSUED, 16 WERE ISSUED IN 1984, 15 IN 1983 AND 9 IN 1982, HE SAID.
THE REMAINING FEES, FOR CERTIFICATION OF COPIES OF ANY DOCUMENT OR PART OF THE LAND OFFICE REGISTER, HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH THE STANDARD FEE CHARGED WHEN ANY OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION BY A PUBLIC OFFICER IS REQUIRED.
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