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Land search services improved with computerisation
The Land Registry has passed the half-way mark of its programme to computerise all land registers in the New Territories Land Registries.
Announcing this today (Friday), the Land Registrar, Mr Kenneth Pang, said over 50 per cent of the New Territories land registers had been computerised and the rest would be completed in about 15 months' time.
The Islands New Territories Land Registry now offers a fully computerised land register search service as all registers for the outlying islands have been fully computerised.
In other regional New Territories Land Registries, computer search services are also available in computerised land registers within the region.
"Customers will no longer have to make land search through the old and bulky register books, but will be able to obtain their required information on a neat and tidy computer print-out very quickly," said Mr Pang.
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Mr Pang also announced that from Monday (January 15), the Land Registry's automated on-line search facility the Direct Access Services (DAS) would be expanded to cover all the eight New Territories Land Registries as well as the Urban Land Registry.
"The facility enables customers to conduct land searches from computer terminals at their own offices without having to call personally at the Land Registry.
"Subscribers can make on-line search of any computerised land registers and place remote orders for copies of the required land records without calling at the Registry's offices in person," he added.
Mr Pang said the Land Registry would continue to press on with its efficiency improvement projects and to further upgrade its services.
"With the completion of the computerisation project next year, DAS users will have all land registers and land records at their fingertips.
"Customers calling at the Land Registry counters will also be able to search any land registers in the territory without having to go to the district concerned," he said.
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