Hong Kong’s legislature will set up a subcommittee to examine proposed restrictions on access to land records following widespread public concern.
At a Legislative Council House Committee meeting on Friday, lawmakers endorsed establishing the subcommittee to study proposed requirements and procedures under the Land Titles Regulation.
The move came after some legislators and the Hong Kong Journalists Association voiced objections on Wednesday after the government tabled eight pieces of subsidiary legislation – including the Land Titles Regulation covering land record search arrangements – at Legco for negative vetting.
Under negative vetting, subsidiary legislation is first gazetted and then scrutinised by lawmakers later.