Land Administration and Practice in Hong Kong, Fifth Edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nissim, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Chinese property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This book outlines the historical development and current practices of land administration in Hong Kong, a system shaped by the city's government controlled leasehold land tenure. It explains how land management is grounded in contractual arrangements rather than legislation, leading to continual evolution through judicial decisions and administrative practice.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction

I. Historical Development of Land Administration

1. The First Land Sales, 1841-1842

2. The Early Years, 1843-1898

3. 1898 Onwards

4. The Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 and the Basic Law 1990

5. HKSAR Government

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

III. Land Administration Problems and Practice Associated with the New Territories

13. Land Exchange Entitlements

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

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

Appendices

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

988-8754-43-2

OCLC:

1586552559