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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993

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LBAC DISCUSSES LAND TITLES BILL

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LAND AND BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LBAC) DISCUSSED AT ITS MEETING TODAY (MONDAY) THE MAIN PROPOSALS IN THE LAND TITLES BILL.

THE BILL SEEKS TO CONVERT THE EXISTING LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO A TITLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.

UNDER THE PROPOSED TITLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, THE LAND REGISTERS KEPT AND MAINTAINED IN THE LAND REGISTRY WILL BE THE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP,

THE COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY MR CHENG HON-KWAN, NOTED THAT THE LAW SOCIETY AND OTHER INTERESTED BODIES WERE BEING CONSULTED ON THE PROPOSALS BEFORE A SUBMISSION TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ABOUT THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD'S AGREEMENT THAT "COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA" (CDA) ZONING ON STATUTORY PLANS SHOULD NOT BE DEZONED AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT A PROPER REVIEW AND THAT EACH EXISTING "CDA" SHOULD BE REVIEWED REGULARLY.

LBAC ALSO ENDORSED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE то FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR AUTHORISED PERSONS, REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND REGISTERED CONTRACTORS.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AIMED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCEDURES IN EXISTING REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL TO OPERATE.

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LATEST DRUG FIGURES RELEASED

THE NUMBER OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES REPORTED TO THE GOVERNMENT'S COMPUTERISED CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE (CRDA) IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WAS 6,651, REPRESENTING A 17.2 PER CENT INCREASE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

MEMBERS OF THE ACTION COMMITTER AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) WERE UPDATED AT THEIR MEETING TODAY (MONDAY) ON THE LATEST DRUG SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

ACCORDING TO THE QUARTERLY DRUG SITUATION REPORT ISSUED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, THE NUMBER OF NEWLY REPORTED PERSONS OF ALL AGES REPORTED TO THE REGISTRY IN THIS QUARTER INCREASED BY 25.7 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, TO STAND AT 982.

AMONG THE NEWLY REPORTED, 497 OF THEM WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 21, UP BY 24.6 PER CENT AS AGAINST THE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR.

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