Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, the Land Registry is a

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under the

Development Bureau The Development Bureau (DEVB; ) is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for urban planning and renewal, land administration, infrastructure development, building safety, landscape, greening & tree development, water supplies, ...

responsible for the administration of land registration. It also provides facilities for search of the Land Register and related records by the public and other government departments.

History

In April 2021, local media reported that the Land Registry potentially would have its data restricted to the public, similar to the Companies Registry. In response, a spokesman for the

Liber Research Community Liber Research Community is a non-governmental organization in Hong Kong that focuses on researching land and development policies. History The group was created in 2009 by postgraduates, including Chan Kim-ching, who studied geography and ...

said that such changes would hinder its ability to detect misuse of land, and that public data is essential and "will reveal a lot about the activities of the property developers in snapping up the land and hording these valuable resources. Only through this channel could we know about what's actually happening there; without this information such kinds of investigation or research would be impossible." In October 2021, the government announced that the system would require users to enter in their ID and other information.

Duties

* Registration of relevant documents under the Land Registry Ordinance * Offer search and registration services * Registration of Owners' Corporations under the Building Management Ordinance

Addresses

Citizens may go to the customer service centre in

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or any of the four centres in the

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

to search and register property, as well as order photocopies of Hong Kong property documents. *

Queensway Government Offices The Queensway Government Office Building is a skyscraper located in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong near Admiralty station. The tower rises 56 floors and in height. The building was completed in 1985. It was designed by Mr K.M. Tseng of ...

on 66 Queensway,

search centres: **

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

: 11/F, Tsuen Wan MTR Station multi-storey carpark, 174-208 Castle Peak Road **

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north N ...

: 7/F, Yuen Long Government Offices **

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

: Room 901, 9/F, Sha Tin Government Offices **

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more ...

: 5/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices **

Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsu ...

: 4/F, Tai Po Complex

References

External links

Land Registry
Official site {{authority control Hong Kong government departments and agencies Land registration Judiciary of Hong Kong