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The Land Registry's key services are:
- Registration of land documents;
- Search of land registers and records;
- Supply of copies of land records; and
- Certification of copies of land records.
Productivity
In the 2002/03 financial year, 520,552 land documents
were lodged for registration, a decrease of 13.9% compared
with the previous year. An average of 1,907 documents
were registered each working day.
| Number of Land Documents Lodged
for RegistrationPer Month in 2002/03 |
| 2002/03 |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Yearly Total |
| Number |
44,854 |
44,854 |
52,056 |
51,262 |
43,786 |
37,498 |
48,076 |
40,159 |
35,407 |
45,397 |
37,750 |
37,666 |
520,552 |
| Distribution of Land Documents
Lodged for Registration in 2002/03 |
| Nature |
Number |
| Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units |
81,075 |
| Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Land |
969 |
| Assignments of Building Units |
116,779 |
| Assignments of Land |
2,751 |
| Building Mortgages/Building Legal Charges |
50 |
| Other Mortgages/Legal Charges |
115,082 |
| Others |
203,846 |
| Total |
520,552 |
15.6% (81,075) of the documents lodged for registration
in 2002/03 were Sale and Purchase Agreements of building
units, a 9.6% decrease from the previous year. The total
consideration of these Agreements were HK$174,628 million,
down 10.6% from the previous year. The number and consideration
of these agreements are generally regarded as key indicators
of property market activity.
| Number and Consideration of Sale
and Purchase Agreements of Building Units Lodged
for Registration Per Month in 2002/03 |
| 2002/03 |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Yearly Total |
| Number |
8,456 |
8,470 |
8,311 |
6,166 |
6,053 |
7,178 |
6,807 |
5,808 |
6,111 |
7,293 |
4,622 |
5,800 |
81,075 |
| Consideration (in HK million) |
17,264 |
20,341 |
19,043 |
15,768 |
13,439 |
14,980 |
13,474 |
10,447 |
12,975 |
14,638 |
7,969 |
14,290 |
174,628 |
There were 2,346,058 registered property owners as
at the end of 2002/03 financial year, a 4.7% increase
compared with 2001/02. The registered property owners
include companies as well as individuals.
3,095,254 searches of land registers and records were
made in 2002/03, a 11.5% drop from the previous year.
88.3% of these searches were conducted by private sector
clients including solicitors’ firms and estate agents.
Approximately 11,340 searches were handled each working
day.
The on-line land search Direct Access Services (DAS),
introduced since 15 September 1994, now accounts for
76% of searches of land registers and records.
In 2002/03, the Land Registry provided 447,095 sets
of imaged copies and photocopies of land documents to
customers through counter searches and remote orders
via DAS. This was 0.4% lower than in 2001/02. The Land
Registry certified 12.7% fewer copies of land records
compared to 2001/02.
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