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Land administration and practice in Hong Kong / Roger Nissim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nissim, Roger, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--China--Hong Kong--Management.
- Land use.
- Land use--Government policy--China--Hong Kong.
- Land tenure--Government policy--China--Hong Kong.
- Land tenure.
- Leases--China--Hong Kong--Management.
- Leases.
- Real estate development--Government policy--China--Hong Kong.
- Real estate development.
- Land tenure--Government policy.
- Land use--Government policy.
- Land use--Management.
- Leases--Management.
- Real estate development--Government policy.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Physical Description:
- x, 227 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Section I Historical Development of Land Administration
- 1. The First Land Sales, 1841
- 1842
- 2. The Early Years, 1843
- 1898
- 3. 1898 Onwards: The New Territories Lease
- 4. The Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 and the Basic Law 1990
- 5. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
- Section II Present-Day Land Administration
- 6. Economic Background, Land Needs, and Reclamations
- 7. Lands Department Functions under Administrative Law
- 8. Land Exchange and Lease Modifications
- 9. Development Control in Older Lease Conditions
- 10. Access Arrangements and Rights-of-Way
- 11. Town Planning Controls and Development Restrictions in Lease Conditions
- 12. Land Management and Lease Enforcement
- Section III Land Administration Problems and Practice Associated with the New Territories
- 13. Land Exchange Entitlements (Also Known as Letters A/B)
- 14. Small House Policy and the 300-Foot Rule
- 15. Limitations Ordinance, Adverse Possession, and the Principle of Encroachment
- 16. Tsos and Tongs and Their Impact on Land Assembly
- 17. Succession
- 18. Fung Shui and Graves
- 19. Boundary Disputes, Missing Lots, Missing Documents, and Secondary Evidence
- Section IV Future Developments in Land Administration
- 20. How Planning and Land Policy Could Be Used to Enhance Conservation in Hong Kong
- 21. The Land Titles Ordinance 2004.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789888754069
- 9888754068
- OCLC:
- 1272873039
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