Together, We Fight the Virus!

To align with Government’s social distancing measures, the LR implemented special work arrangement from 20 July to 11 September 2020. Following the announcement made by the Government on 10 September 2020 that public services would fully resume, the opening hours of all LR offices returned to normal on 15 September 2020.

Due to the recent development of COVID-19, the LR implemented flexible work arrangements of staff and further social distancing measures, and adjusted the number of counters providing the public services with effect from 23 November 2020. In view of the severity of the local epidemic situation, the Government announced on 30 November 2020 about implementing special work arrangement again to stop the virus from spreading in the community. In pursuance, the LR has adjusted the opening hours of its offices starting from 2 December 2020. Under the special work arrangement, we endeavor to provide full range of services, albeit on a limited scale.

Customers are encouraged to conduct land searches through the LR’s online search service (www.iris.gov.hk), use the Drop-in Box to deposit documents to be delivered to the LR (excluding instruments to be delivered for registration) as much as possible and visit our offices only if they require services urgently.

Sustaining our efforts to fight against the novel coronavirus, we continue to take various precautionary measures, including arranging staggered work/lunch hours for staff, enhancing the cleansing of our offices, installing acrylic shielding screens at our service counters, providing alcohol hand sanitisers and sanitising mats, and acquiring sufficient and suitable personal protective equipment items for our staff to protect them and our customers.

Students Internship Schemes 2020

As a caring organisation committed to providing equal opportunities for employees and eliminating discrimination in the workplace, the LR has participated in the 2020 Internship Scheme for Students with Disabilities organised by the Civil Service Bureau. We have also joined the Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship Programme and Internship Programme for Non-ethnic Chinese Students 2020.

A total of seven undergraduate interns were placed in our Legal Services Division, Search and Departmental Services Division, General Support Services Division and Information Technology Management Division during the summer vacation from June to August 2020.

To enhance the interns’ understanding of the work and operation of the LR, a visit to our operation units including the Customer Centre in Admiralty, Central Imaging Centre in Shatin and Report-on-Title Office in Kowloon Bay was arranged for them on 10 July 2020. During the day, the interns also had very fruitful exchanges with the senior officers of the LR as well as their mentors in the LR. They also shared the experience gained during the internship periods. They all concluded that, with the guidance of their mentors, they had acquired useful hands-on working experience and job-related skills in a real office setting, which were useful for building up their self-confidence and developing good work skills for the future.

Controlling Officer’s Environmental Report 2019

In June 2020, we released our Controlling Officer’s Environmental Report 2019 in the LR’s website. It states our environmental policy, objectives and measures, as well as our environmental performance in 2019 and environmental targets for 2020.