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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 42

(Chapter 13: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

The Land Registry

1996

1997

1998

Documents received for registration (Numbers)

Assignments of land

6231

10 959

7 350

Assignments of building units

159 520

220 911

134 994

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

3 292

5133

2 080

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

147 423

205 461

111 489

Building mortgages/building legal charges

63

75

65

Other mortgages/legal charges

194 970

252 324

154 228

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

146 012

201 651

93 015

Miscellaneous

83 972

94 052

97 401

Total

741 483

990 566

600 622

Considerations in documents received for registration ($ Million)

Assignments of land

38,098

93,750

24,311

Assignments of building units

412,420

790,408

348,352

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

43,107

69,787

23,706

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

474,660

868,019

340,906

Building mortgages/building legal charges

11,090

20,007

4,877

Other mortgages/legal charges

75,281

98,072

92,129

Reassignments/receipts/discharges/releases and

certificates of satisfaction

42,309

35,188

16,881

Total

1,096,965

1,975,231

851,162

Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered

(Numbers)

1 103

900

655

Government leases registered (Numbers)

13

15

14

Multi-storey building owners corporations registered

(Numbers)

234

258

285

Public searches of Land Registers and records (Numbers) 4 313 948

5 408 040

3 133 845

Source: Land Registry.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)

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