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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1986
JULY 20 (SUNDAY)
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
8/F, HENNESSY CENTRE
29/F,
5-8623190
HIGH
(HONG KONG) DIVISION
BLOCK
BUS ENGINEERING
DITTO
27/F,
5-8623243
DIVISION
HIGH
BLOCK
AUGUST 17 (SUNDAY)
TRAFFIC AND
8/F CANTON
30/F,
5-8623316
TRANSPORT
ROAD
HIGH
SURVEY DIVISION
GOVERNMENT
BLOCK
OFFICES
PROPERTY RECORDS TO BE COMPUTER ISED
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED A $21.2 MILLION PLAN FOR THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT TO COMPUTERISE ITS RECORDS ON LANDS AND PROPERTIES.
THE LAND REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986 AND THE LAND REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1986, UNDER WHICH THE COMPUTERISED PROGRAMME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
IF THE NECESSARY AMENDING LEGISLATION WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE PROGRAMME TO COMPUTERISE THE 1.2 MILLION LAND OFF ICE REGISTER CARDS WOULD START BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
HE SAID THE COMPUTER ISATION PROGRAMME WOULD CUT DRASTICALLY THE TIME NEEDED TO SEARCH FOR PARTICULAR INFORMATION ON A PROPERTY.
+UNDER THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM, THE TIME REQUIRED FOR MAKING A LAND SEARCH WILL BE REDUCED FROM ABOUT 30 MINUTES AT PRESENT TO ABOUT TEN MINUTES, HE SAID.
ONLY LAST MONTH, A TOTAL OF 141 188 SEARCHES FOR LAND PARTICULARS WERE MADE IN THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT 5 700 SEARCHES A DAY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE A SEAKCH FOR PARTICULARS OF A PROPERTY USING THE ADDRESS, THE LOT NUMBER OR THE MEMORIAL NUMBER UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO THE USE OF ONLY THE LOT NUMBER UNDER THE EXISTING MANUAL SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE POLNITED