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The Land Registry announced today (April 28) that its Tuen Mun District Search Office would close from May 5, 2008.
"Since the operation of the new Internet services in February 2005, we carried out a review of the use of all the New Territories District Search Offices in April 2006 and found that the number of customers each day had been falling steadily. Usage rate was particularly low for the North and Sai Kung District Search Offices and the two offices were subsequently closed in mid-April 2007.
"At the beginning of this year, we carried out another review on the use of the remaining District Search Offices. The number of customers using the Tuen Mun District Search Office was found to have been declining to a very low level. In light of this, we have decided to close the Tuen Mun District Search Office with effect from May 5, 2008, so that manpower can be redeployed to provide services that are in demand," the spokesman said.
After the closure, the owners' corporation registration services previously provided in the Tuen Mun District Search Office will be taken up by the Tsuen Wan District Search Office at 11th Floor, Tsuen Wan Station Multi-storey Carpark Building at 174-208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan.
"The Tuen Mun District Council has been notified of the arrangement and letters have been sent to all owners' corporations in Tuen Mun District. Notices of the intended closure have been posted at the Central Search Office in Queensway Government Offices and all District Search Offices," the spokesman said.
The department will continue to provide counter search and owners' corporation registration services through its Central Search Office in Queensway Government Offices and the District Search Offices in Sha Tin, Tai Po, Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan. Customers can also conduct online searches at www.iris.gov.hk.
"For those who cannot make personal visits to other search offices or use the Internet, they can either conduct searches by mailing or faxing requests to our Customer Service Manager (Address: 28/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; Fax Number: 2523 0065) or call our customer service hotline at 3105 0000," the spokesman said.
People can obtain the addresses and telephone numbers of the Land Registry's offices from the Land Registry's website at www.landreg.gov.hk or by calling its customer service hotline.
Ends/Monday, April 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:00
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