ENG-2007 — Page 267

Hong Kong Year Books 香港年報 All

Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation 219

Land Registry Business Volume in 2007

Registration Services

(Distribution of Land Documents Lodged for Registration)

Nature

Agreements for sale and purchase of building units.

Agreements for sale and purchase of land

Assignments of building units

Assignments of land

Building mortgages/building legal charges

Other mortgages/legal charges

Other

Total

Search Services

(Distribution of Searches of Land Registers and Records)

Online Searches*

Counter Searches

Number

Per cent

Number

Per cent

4 501 891

88.9

559 578

11.1

Number

145 691

2 215

158 287

5 938

88

138 663

276 401

727 283

* Online searches are conducted through Integrated Registration Information

System (IRIS) Online Services.

Work is continuing on the setting up of a title registration system. During the year, the registry reviewed and responded to the comments on the working draft of the Land Titles (Amendment) Bill. The plan is to finalise and introduce the amendment legislation into the Legislative Council in the 2008-09 legislative session. Work also continued on the development of information technology systems to support the future title registration service.

New Development Projects

The Government remains committed to building new infrastructure and improving existing facilities to meet the needs of economic development. In so doing, it continues to invest heavily on infrastructure development. Work on the provision of land and infrastructure in urban areas and the new towns was on schedule in 2007. Major land development projects include:

Kai Tak Development

The development covers the former Kai Tak Airport site and adjoining land Occupying a total area of about 328 hectares. The vision of the new development is to create a distinguished, vibrant, attractive, and people-oriented 'Kai Tak by the

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