Lands Department

14 May 2013

When is a house not a house? It may sound almost philosophical to argue over the meaning of a word but in Hong Kong's crazy property market, billions of dollars depend on it.

10:00AM

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Ombudsman chides Lands Department for lax attitude to pet columbarium

10 May 2013

The department did not consider the case "high priority" because there were no fire safety breaches, so it issued only warnings to the company over the years, Alan Lai Nin said.

4:46AM

Definition of house at heart of battle between government and developer

25 Apr 2013

It's a court battle that's going all around the houses. A developer wants to tear down five houses and build a 26-storey block in their place. But the director of the Lands Department insists that...

8:59AM

Banners have no place on Hong Kong's streets

1 Apr 2013

Bernard Chan in his letter ("Banners offend locals and visitors", March 19), asked why we continue to suffer from the visual pollution of hundreds of banners hung at various key points in the city...

3:00AM

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Anger as government fences off popular Sai Kung beachfront bistro

24 Mar 2013

The Oriental Restaurant and Bar at Sai Wan, a coastal enclave that lies just outside the boundaries of the Sai Kung East Country Park, has been a favourite spot for hikers and campers. Owner and...

5:40AM

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Paul Chan announces end of land application list system

28 Feb 2013

Hong Kong’s government will scrap the land application list system – under which developers can trigger land auctions – in order to increase its control over the city’s land supply.

8:38PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Apex Horizon hotel use under scrutiny

The Lands Department has threatened to take legal action if it finds buyers of Cheung Kong's controversial hotel project living in the units. The warning came as 95 per cent of the investors in...

4:29AM

Loophole could spark rush to buy Hong Kong hotel rooms

More hotel rooms could go on sale after the development chief admitted there was a legal loophole allowing such transactions. But Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po warned buyers on Tuesday...

5:45AM

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Chaotic New Territories villages a recipe for tragedy, Zimmerman says

Elliot Watkiss, eight, and his brother Frankie, seven, died in their home in Wing Hing Wai, Yuen Long, in October after a fire broke out while they were asleep. The boys' father Simon Watkiss last...

5:00AM

Unwelcome banners in Tsim Sha Tsui

I refer to the report ("Unwrap HK history this Christmas", December 24).

2:51AM

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PROPERTY

HK$2b bid wins Tseung Kwan O site for Wheelock

Wheelock Properties has won its second site in Tseung Kwan O with a bid of HK$1.97 billion.

3:00AM

DEVELOPMENT

Officials reject call to rezone sites snubbed by developers

Senior officials yesterday rejected a government housing adviser's call for sites that developers had not bid for to be rezoned for public housing. The development minister said the administration...

5:31AM