Government Plans to Tighten Land Searches as LegCo Adviser Raises 20 Questions
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The government plans to introduce a land title registration system while tightening land search arrangements: future searches must meet "specified purposes", including public interest criteria, with no exemption for the media, and 8 related subsidiary regulations have been gazetted. An Assistant Legal Adviser of the Legislative Council Secretariat has written to the government raising more than 20 questions on the arrangements, including whether the assessment factors for public interest applications will be published and whether the public will be consulted. Lawmaker Kenneth Fok believes there should be "leniency rather than stringency" for legitimate news gathering. The subsidiary regulations have been gazetted, while the government has yet to respond to LegCo's questions.
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The government plans to introduce a land title registration system and tighten land searches, with future searches required to meet "specified purposes" such as public interest, and no exemption for the media; 8 related subsidiary regulations have been gazetted. An Assistant Legal Adviser of the Legislative Council Secretariat has written to the government raising more than 20 questions, including whether the assessment factors for public interest applications will be published and whether the public will be consulted. Lawmaker Kenneth Fok says the approach to legitimate newsgathering should be "lenient rather than strict".
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