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"The new Commission's recommendations will then be considered by the Executive Council."

The new Commission's chairman is Professor Wang Gungwu. Its members are Mr Cheng Hon-kwan, Mr Christopher Cheng Wai-chee, Dr Thomas Leung Kwok-fai, Miss Gladys Li Chi-hei and Mr Lawrence Lam Yin- ming.

The Commission will hold its first meeting later this month.

End/Tuesday, March 14, 1995

Direct Access Services extended to NT

The Land Registrar, Mr Kenneth Pang, today (Tuesday) announced the Land Registry's latest initiative of extending the computerised land search facility, known as the Direct Access Services (DAS), to cover the New Territories land registers.

"Starting from next week, DAS users can carry out on-line search of the land registers in Tsuen Wan, and later on in all other districts of the New Territories.

"The extension of DAS to the New Territories is made possible following the computerisation of the New Territories land registers on a district- by- district basis. We aim at having all the New Territories land registers fully computerised in two years' time," Mr Pang added.

At present, only the land registers in the Urban Land Registry are computerised and available for on-line search through DAS. The DAS is now being extended to the New Territories land registers in phases.

Initially, Town Lot land registers are to be computerised on a registry- by-registry basis, starting with Tsuen Wan and followed by Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, and other land registries.