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Registration System (LRS)
The LRS comprises the Land Registry's fully computerised
system for the storage of historical and current
information on property particulars, including
owners' names and encumbrances. During the year
the system was enhanced to tightening the control
on Owner's Properties Information Check by other
government departments.
Direct Access Services (DAS)
DAS is an on-line land search facility introduced
in 1994. Around 80% of land searches and 72% of
orders for copies are being made through this
service. The DAS help desk service was enhanced
to be even more efficient and user-friendly by
allowing checking of remote orders by order date
and other order details.
Document Imaging System (DIS)
The DIS is the Land Registry's fully computerised
system for secure storage and retrieval of land
documents. As part of the ongoing IT improvements,
the tapes for database and system backup were
upgraded to Digital Data Storage III in June 2002
and the firmware of all jukeboxes was upgraded
in October and November 2002 to improve the efficiency
of the system.
Street Index Compact Disk
A Street Index was first compiled in the
19th century. 2001/02 saw the 34th edition of
Street Index issued on compact disk. In this edition,
14 new streets and 116 new lots/sections/subsections
were added.
New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference
Table (CRT) Compact Disk
The 3rd edition of CRT issued in 2002/03 correlates
property addresses and buildings with lot numbers
to help land searches in the New Territories.
In this edition, 37 new streets and 1,949 new
lots/sections/subsections were added. Building/development
names available in Chinese were also incorporated
in the CRT as a further improvement.
In response to the customers' feedback, a licensing
arrangement for the sale of the 35th edition of
Street Index and the 4th edition of CRT was introduced
for purchasers with more than one computer terminal
linked by a computer network. Under the new arrangement,
a licence fee of HK$2,000 for a computer network
linked with less than 50 terminals and HK$4,000
for a computer network linked with 50 terminals
or more are charged. To tie in with the new licensing
arrangement, the sale of the 35th edition of Street
Index was synchronised with the 4th edition of
CRT to April 2003. The price was reduced from
HK$300 to HK$250 for each copy.
Colour Imaging of Plans (CIP)
To provide better quality services to customers,
the Land Registry started the CIP Project in March
2002. All the plans attached to registered documents
(over 3.5 million) were converted into electronic
colour images and stored securely on CD-ROMs for
filing and retrieval at the end of November 2002.
With the completion of the conversion, the quality
of plans is preserved and its storage is more secure.
Customers also benefit from the colour imaging of
plans service as high quality colour plan copies
are provided to them without any increase in fees.
This project brings new technology to provide higher
quality and better value services to the community
and also completes the conversion of all of the
Land Registry data into accessible digital format
that can be used by the Integrated Registration
Information System in future.
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