Land Registration
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The Land Registration System comprises the Land Registry's fully
computerised system for the storage of historical and current
information on property particulars, including owners' names and
encumbrances. In August 2003, a standing programme was developed
for the generation of monthly statistics on unsold flats in relation
to the flat supply of the property market for the Housing Department.
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Direct Access
Services |
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The Direct Access Services is an online land search facility
introduced in 1994. 79% of land searches and 70% of orders for
copies of documents are being made through this service.
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Document Imaging
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The Document Imaging System is the Land Registry's fully computerised
system for secure storage and retrieval of land documents. As
part of the ongoing IT improvements, the Openspool qserver (i.e.
the printing software) was upgraded in June 2003 and the fax servers
and formatting computers were tuned up in August and September
to improve the stability and efficiency of the system.
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Street Index
Compact Disc |
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The Street Index was first compiled in the 19th century. In the
35th edition issued in 2003/04, 19 new streets and 163 new lots/sections/subsections
were added.
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New Territories
Lot/Address Cross Reference Table Compact Disc |
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The New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT) was
first compiled in 2000. In the 4th edition issued in 2003/04,
41 new streets and 3,166 new lots/sections/subsections were added.
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 were 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.
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Colour Imaging
of Plans |
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The Colour Imaging of Plans is one of the IT
improvement projects to enhance the quality of colour plans provided
to customers. The Land Registry completed digitising the plans attached
to over 3.5 million registered documents in 2002. Conversion of
incoming plans into electronic colour images is still underway.
All the converted images are now stored securely on CD-ROMs for
retrieval and will be migrated to the Integrated Registration Information
System in future. |