Land Registry Annual Report 2002/03
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Ten-Year Statistical Summary
    2002/03 2001/02 2000/01 1999/00 1998/99 1997/98 1996/97 1995/96 1994/95 1993/94
                       
Land Documents Lodged for Registration
  Number 520,552 604,419 652,425 672,304 627,637 893,200 807,588 582,989 532,181 652,803
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (13.9) (7.4) (3.0) 7.1 (29.7) 10.6 38.5 9.5 (18.5) (0.6)
  Average number per working day 1,907 2,268 2,412 2,467 2,312 3,296 2,991 2,159 1,964 2,396
Sale and Purchase Agreements of Building Units Lodged for Registration
  Number 81,075 89,733 86,214 90,923 114,350 177,861 170,008 109,634 96,138 145,407
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (9.6) 4.1 (5.2) (20.5) (35.7) 4.6 55.1 14.0 (33.9) 9.8
  Average number per working day 297 337 319 334 421 656 630 406 355 534
  Consideration (in HK$ million) 174,628 195,237 212,621 245,625 314,059 736,096 613,393 302,633 324,298 444,812
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (10.6) (8.2) (13.4) (21.8) (57.3) 20.0 102.7 (6.7) (27.1) 40.7
Property Owners
  Number at end of year 2,346,058 2,241,244 2,138,413 2,030,060 1,961,891 1,875,033 1,807,638 1,746,382 1,675,646 1,597,680
  Increase over previous year (Number) 104,814 102,831 108,353 68,169 86,858 67,395 61,256 70,736 77,966 77,044
  (%) 4.7 4.8 5.3 3.5 4.6 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.9 5.1
Searches of Land Registers and Records
*
Search via DAS  (Number)
2,354,594 2,670,441 2,849,235 2,916,329 2,732,051 3,642,624 2,715,066 1,396,648 310,264 -
 
  (%)
76.1 76.3 77.7 76.8 75.5 66.9 51.2 40.7 8.0 -
 
Counter search  (Number)
740,660 828,021 819,288 880,756 887,081 1,805,761 2,586,950 2,034,851 3,571,112 4,268,416
 
  (%)
23.9 23.7 22.3 23.2 24.5 33.1 48.8 59.3 92.0 100.0
  Total number 3,095,254 3,498,462 3,668,523 3,797,085 3,619,132 5,448,385 5,302,016 3,431,499 3,881,376 4,268,416
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (11.5) (4.6) (3.4) 4.9 (33.6) 2.8 54.5 (11.6) (9.1) 13.6
  Average number per working day 11,338 13,127 13,562 13,934 13,330 20,105 19,637 12,709 14,322 15,664
Imaged Copies, Microfilmed Copies and Photocopies of Land Records Supplied
  Number 447,095 449,059 477,416 525,944 557,868 747,531 606,176 405,223 460,872 405,779
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (0.4) (5.9) (9.2) (5.7) (25.4) 23.3 49.6 (12.1) 13.6 24.8
  Average number per working day 1,638 1,685 1,765 1,930 2,055 2,758 2,245 1,501 1,701 1,489
Certified Copies of Land Records Supplied
  Number 55,842 63,997 68,199 85,246 93,273 193,061 220,572 181,699 193,554 234,714
  Increase (decrease) compared with previous year (%) (12.7) (6.2) (20.0) (8.6) (51.7) (12.5) 21.4 (6.1) (17.5) 2.4
  Average number per working day 205 240 252 313 344 712 817 673 714 861
                       
* DAS was first introduced for search of urban properties in September 1994 and extended to New Territories properties by phases from March 1995.

 

   
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