| Our Duty |
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- To safeguard the evidence used to prove interests in land
and property
- To give public access to information that supports open markets
in property and open access to social and economic services
- To safeguard individual rights to privacy
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| Our Vision |
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- To be the best in all that we do
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| Our Mission |
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- To ensure secure, customer friendly land registration and
information services
- To develop our human resources, information technology and
service environment so as to ensure improvement in service quality
and value to our customers
- To advocate reform of Hong Kong's land registration system
through introduction of title registration
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| Our Values |
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- Integrity - to customers, partners and colleagues we observe
the highest ethical standards
- Excellence - we aim to excel in all that we do
- Respect - we show respect and trust to our customers, partners
and colleagues
- Learning - we learn constantly from each other, from our partners,
customers and comparable organisations elsewhere how to provide
better services to the community
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| Our Value to
Hong Kong |
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- Over half of all Hong Kong families own registered property
or are becoming property owners
- Banks and financial institutions loan around HK$1,000 billion
against the security of registered land and property
- Over 3 million searches of registered information take place
each year
- 57 Government departments use Land Registry information for
purposes ranging from planning studies and criminal investigations
to guidance on allocating public housing benefits and social
security
- Registered information traces property transactions back to
1844. Some records have information going back to the 1700s.
The registers are a resource for the economic and social history
of Hong Kong
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