Annual Report 2001 - 2002

Progress through Transformation

1844 - 2000

1844 - Land Registration Ordinance enacted. First memorial registered on 23 May 1844, Registration by Surveyor General's Department
1883 - Registrar of Supreme Court takes over land registration
1949 - Registrar General's Department established. Responsible for urban area land registration
1984 - Computerisation of urban land registers begins
1993 - The Land Registry established as a trading fund department
1996 - Document Imaging System launched

2001 - 2002

20 Apr 2001 - Tender for the development of Integrated Registration Information System (IRIS) closed
18 Jun 2001 - DAS enhancement - remote orders for copies of Block Government Lease and certified land registers can be collected at any Registry office
15 Sep 2001 - Contract for the Colour Imaging of Plans Project (CIP) signed
14 Mar 2002 - IRIS contract signed
15 Mar 2002 - CIP conversion of plans of registered documents commenced
31 Mar 2002 - 14,593,489 registered memorials now on record

Future

3 Jul 2002 - Passage of the Land Registration (Amendment) Bill by the Legislative Council
23 Jul 2002 - Colour Imaging of all New Territories plans completed
5 Aug 2002 - IRIS contract commencement
14 Dec 2002 - Target to complete colour Imaging for all urban plans
Late 2002 - Revised Land Titles Bill to be submitted to Legislative Council
Jan 2004 - Rollout of IRIS phase I