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"This will give them better protection and will obviate problems and delay with the District Land Offices in subsequent land administrative processing.

"It will also help the Land Registry to maintain a good and reliable record that will match with that of the Land Survey Authority," he said.

The new ordinance will enable land owners to enjoy the benefits of an improved land record system, and will provide efficiency and security for land deals, Mr Leung added.

A Land Survey (Fees) Regulation and a Disciplinary Procedure Regulation will be submitted to the Legislative Council for approval in October.

As soon as the two regulations are approved, suitable and qualified applicants will be registered as authorised land surveyors with effect from January 1 next year. Following that, a list of authorised land surveyors will be available from the Land Survey Authority and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors.

There will be no mandatory scale of fee for land boundary surveys, but the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors will have a set of recommended fees available for sale to the public.

End/Tuesday, September 26, 1995

EPD to commission indoor air quality study

The Environmental Protection Department today (Tuesday) signed a $9 million contract with the EHS Consultants Ltd for a study on indoor air pollution in offices and public places.

"The study, which will start next month, will involve surveys on various building/premises types with a view to determining the extent of indoor air pollution problem in Hong Kong," Principal Environmental Protection Officer Mr Tse Chin- wan said.

The consultants will gather information on the levels of major indoor air pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, respirable suspended particulates, microbial contaminants and volatile organic compounds.