Land Administration and Practice in Hong Kong, 4th Edition

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction

Section I.  Historical Development of Land Administration
1.  The First Land Sales, 1841–1842
2.  The Early Years, 1843–1898
3.  1898 Onwards: The New Territories Lease
4.  The Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 and the Basic Law 1990
5.  Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government

Section II.  Present-Day Land Administration
6.  Economic Background, Land Needs, and Reclamations
7.  Lands Department Functions under Administrative Law
8.  Land Exchange and Lease Modifications
9.  Development Control in Older Lease Conditions
10.  Access Arrangements and Rights-of-Way
11.  Town Planning Controls and Development Restrictions in Lease Conditions
12.  Land Management and Lease Enforcement

Section III.  Land Administration Problems and Practice Associated with the New Territories
13.  Land Exchange Entitlements (Also Known as Letters A/B)
14.  Small House（ 丁屋） Policy and the 300-Foot Rule
15.  Limitations Ordinance, Adverse Possession, and the Principle of Encroachment
16.  Tsos (祖) and Tongs (堂) and Their Impact on Land Assembly
17.  Succession
18.  Fung Shui (風水) and Graves
19.  Boundary Disputes, Missing Lots, Missing Documents, and Secondary Evidence

Section IV.  Future Developments in Land Administration
20.  How Planning and Land Policy Could Be Used to Enhance Conservation in Hong Kong
21.  The Land Titles Ordinance 2004

Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index