MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1993
CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON THIS LOCALISED LEGISLATION IS UNDER WAY.
FOLLOWING THAT, IT IS HOPED TO INTRODUCE THE BILL INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
LAND REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR OCTOBER
UNITS,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OF
MAINLY FLATS, RECEIVED BY THE LAND REGISTRY FOR REGISTRATION LAST MONTH DECREASED BY 21 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH, 13.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
BUILDING
AND BY
IN ALL, 7,134 SUCH AGREEMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR LAST MONTH. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED
REGISTRATION
WAS
$17.90 BILLION,
THESE FIGURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY STATISTICS TODAY (MONDAY)
RELEASED BY THE LAND REGISTRAR ON PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION IN THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES LAND REGISTRIES.
A TABLE SHOWING THE RELEVANT STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND FOR OCTOBER LAST YEAR WAS ALSO RELEASED.
THERE WERE FOUR BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 14,071 OTHER RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION LAST MONTH, COMPARED WITH FIVE RESPECTIVELY IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
MONTII YEAR.
MORTGAGES AND 12,637
THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW BUILDING MORTGAGES WAS $0.81 BILLION COMPARED WITH $0.37 BILLION IN
THE TOTAL AMOUNT SECURED UNDER NEW MORTGAGES BUILDING MORTGAGES ROSE BY 10.8 PER CENT, FROM $5.91 OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO $6.55 BILLION IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
IN
THE OCTOBER LAST
OTHER THAN BILLION IN
EVIDENCED
REPAYMENTS UNDER MORTGAGES OF ALL KINDS, AS DISCHARGES AND MORTGAGEE'S RECEIPTS, DECREASED BY 12.9 PER CENT, $3.58 BILLION IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO $3.12 BILLION IN YEAR.
OCTOBER
BY
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