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The Land Registry has launched a bilingual teaching kit on land registration in Hong Kong entitled "Decoding Land Registration" for the Liberal Studies subject in the New Senior Secondary curriculum.
The teaching kit features the history of land registration, its significance in the political, economic, social and cultural development of Hong Kong, and the role of the Land Registry to help broaden students' horizons and perspectives.
The teaching kit consists of two booklets and a CD-ROM. It provides teaching materials for six lessons including tailor-made class activities and supplementary reading and reference materials. There are also suggested areas for students to conduct investigative studies, discussions on the land registration system in Hong Kong, and comparative analyses on the land registration systems in Hong Kong and overseas countries. The teaching kit has been delivered to all secondary schools which offer Liberal Studies classes.
"Although our land registration system has been operating since the 1840s, the community may not be familiar with it or its role in the course of Hong Kong's development. We have designed this teaching kit to enhance students' understanding of the current land registration system and the proposed title registration system that seeks to enhance title certainty and simplify conveyancing procedures," said the Land Registrar, Miss Mary Chow, today (February 13).
To encourage interactive self-learning activities on the subject, the Land Registry also plans to set up an online resource centre later this year to provide students with a one-stop information platform for conducting independent study and to help teachers conduct research and collect information for preparing classroom discussions and activities on the subject.
Ends/Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Issued at HKT 12:01
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