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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 46

(Chapter 13: Land, Public Works and Utilities)

The Land Registry

1999

2000

2001

Documents received for registration (numbers)

Assignments of land

4 448

4 006

3 564

Assignments of building units

140 858

152 022

144 037

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

1 678

1 396

1 419

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

98 466

85 744

88 190

Building mortgages/building legal charges

38

85

117

Other mortgages/legal charges

181 144

183 307

157 064

Receipts/discharges/releases

121 176

137 656

110 009

Others

100 071

121 559

104 727

Total

647 879

685 775

609 127

Considerations of documents received for registration ($ million)

Assignments of land

35,670

19,921

22,964

Assignments of building units

300,059

273,040

243,524

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

30,369

20,476

16,719

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units

256,641

222,520

192,808

Building mortgages/building legal charges

4,158

11,292

7,518

Other mortgages/legal charges

94,679

93,951

84,835

Receipts/discharges/releases

23,952

25,587

16,747

Total

745,528

666,787

585,115

Conditions of sale, grant, exchange, etc registered

(numbers)

589

413

287

Government leases registered (numbers)

20

7

12

Multi-storey building owners corporations registered

(numbers)

287

277

305

Public searches of Land Registers and records (numbers)

3 245 319

3 270 293

3 180 943

Source: Land Registry.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2867 2882)

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