|
Date |
Events |
1 April 2007
|
Commence delivery of the Memorial Day Book and Monthly Memorial Information on Mortgage Transactions data files to subscribers by e-mail instead of 3.5 inches floppy diskettes |
2 April 2007
|
Establishment of Project Development Division to implement management initiatives for improving service quality |
16 April 2007 |
Closure of North and Sai Kung District Search Offices and Relocation of Owners’ Corporation Services to Shatin District Search Office |
16 – 20 April 2007 |
A Senior Systems Manager was attached to the Singapore Land Authority |
| 19 April 2007
|
Received a delegation from the Dalian Real Estate Authority
|
30 April 2007 |
Sale of the Street Index (39th edition) and the New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (8th edition) on compact disc |
14 – 18 May 2007 |
A Senior Systems Manager was attached to the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, Australia |
| 15 May 2007
|
Received the Director of the Northern Territory Land Information Systems, Australia
|
28 May – 8 June 2007 |
Small-scale Customer Service Survey |
11 June 2007 |
Received the Director of the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, the Cato Institute, USA |
| 12 June 2007
|
Received a delegation from Real Estate Department of the government of Dubai
|
| 1 July 2007 |
Full implementation of 5-day week
|
| Extension of operators’ service hours of the hotline service by transferring all calls received after office hours to 1823 Citizen’s Easy Link |
| The Land Registry was placed under the Development Bureau following the re-organization of the Government Secretariat |
| Extension of service hours for search services to 5:00 pm |
| 3 July 2007 |
Announcement of enhanced Performance Pledges 2007/08 |
| 16 July 2007
|
Mrs. Carrie LAM, JP, Secretary for Development visited the Land Registry and met staff representatives
|
16 – 27 July 2007 |
Three Land Registration Officers were attached to the Registers of Scotland and Her Majesty’s Land Registry respectively |
| 26 July 2007
|
Received a delegation from Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Land Resources and Housing Management
|
| 28 August 2007
|
Received a delegation from Shanghai Municipal Housing, Land and Resources Administration Bureau
|
| 13 September 2007
|
Received the “Special Citation” Award in the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme 2007
|
25 – 28 September
2007 |
The Land Registrar attended the Registering the World Conference which took place in Dublin |
| 28 September 2007
|
Received a delegation from Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Land Resources and Housing Management
|
2 October 2007 |
Implementation of Knowledge Management System on Registration-related matters |
17 October 2007 |
Tabling of the Land Registry Trading Fund Annual Report 2006/07 at the Legislative Council |
| 24 October 2007
|
Mr. LI Hon-wah (Senior Clerical Officer of Deeds Lodgement Unit) was awarded “The Ombudsman’s Awards for Officers of Public Organizations 2007”
|
| A total of 38,031 searches conducted in one day and marked the highest daily record since IRIS rollout in February 2005 |
| 26 November 2007 |
Provision of e-Memorial Form on Land Registry website |
Received a delegation from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore
|
10 December 2007 |
1st meeting of Title Registration Education Committee |
22 – 26 December 2007 |
Relocation of Land Registry Data Centre to a Government Data Centre |
3 January 2008 |
Extension of service hours for receiving returned stopped deeds to include lunch hours |
18 January 2008 |
A total of 6,030 deeds were lodged to the Land Registry for registration which marked the highest daily record since IRIS rollout in February 2005 |
| |
Community services in the year |
2 April – 29 June
2007 |
Participated in Sunnyway Programme organized by the Social Welfare Department |
26 May 2007 |
Community Carnival for the Elderly |
5 June 2007 |
Activities on the Adventure Ship for the handicapped |
15 & 19 July 2007 |
Celebrated the “Handover” with the Elderly |
1–30 August 2007 |
Participated in Youth Pre-employment Training – Workplace Attachment Programme organized by the Labour Department |
| 25 September 2007
|
Participated in Dress Special Day organized by The Community Chest of Hong Kong
|
| 7 December 2007
|
Participated in Skip Lunch Day organized by The Community Chest of Hong Kong
|
| 17 February 2008
|
Participated in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon
|
| 20 February 2008
|
Organized Job Shadowing Day for students in collaboration with Junior Achievement Hong Kong
|
| 21 February 2008
|
Awarded the Caring Organization Logo 2007/08 by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services under Caring Company Scheme
|
| 19 March 2008
|
Participated in Green Day organized by The Community Chest of Hong Kong
|
23 March 2008 |
Participated in “No Hill Fire in Ching Ming 2008” campaign |
