Land Administration and Practice in Hong Kong Book

	Preface
	Introduction
Sect. I	Historical Development of Land Administration
1	The First Land Sales, 1841-1842	3
2	The Early Years, 1843-1898	9
3	1989 Onwards - The New Territories Lease	17
4	The Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 and Basic Law 1990	27
5	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government	37
Sect. II	Present-Day Land Administration
6	Economic Background and Land Needs	45
7	Lands Department Functions Under Administrative Law	49
8	Land Exchange and Lease Modifications	63
9	Development Control in Older Lease Conditions	73
10	Access Arrangements and Rights of Way	81
11	Town Planning Controls and Development Restrictions in Lease Conditions	83
12	Land Management and Lease Enforcement	89
Sect. III	Land Administration Problems and Practice Associated With the New Territories
13	Land Exchange Entitlements (Also Known as Letters A/B)	99
14	Small House Policy [actual symbol not reproducible] and the 300-Foot Rule	105
15	Limitations Ordinance and Adverse Possession	109
16	Tsos and Tongs and Their Impact on Land Assembly	111
17	Succession	113
18	Fung Shui [actual symbol not reproducible] and Graves	115
19	Boundary Disputes, Missing Lots and Missing Documents	117
	Appendices	119
	Land Administration Office Practice and Information Notes	161
	Glossary	163
	Bibliography	165
	Index	167