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| posted by Hannibal 358 days ago |
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What is the procedure of Buying a plot of Land in Hong Kong and built my own home?
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| posted by smog 358 days ago (edited 358 days ago) |
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First become very, very rich. Or discover that you are descended from a New Territories indigenous villager.
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| posted by Hannibal 358 days ago |
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any more constructive comments?
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| posted by Load Toad 358 days ago |
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Yes but nothing I can type on a family orientated web site.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 358 days ago |
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It might not be what you want to hear, but I think smog has just about nailed it actually.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by Hannibal 358 days ago (edited 358 days ago) |
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Money isn't a real issue, (didn't buy the Rolex yet) but i don't understand what he want to say with the indigenous villager.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 358 days ago |
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It means that you need to be able to trace your roots back to one of the original inhabitants of Hong Kong. Or at least to one of those that was set up in a village before the British turned up. This means you have (or may have) land rights.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by Hannibal 358 days ago (edited 358 days ago) |
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TCAG
Thank you so very much about your excellent explanation. Now i understand. But can"t a villager sell the land?
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| posted by Juno Watt 358 days ago |
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Hannibal, all land in HK is leasehold from the government. "Indigenous villagers" (read: work-shy layabouts) get a special deal, but that may not last forever (fingers crossed).
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 358 days ago |
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Isn't there also some lack of clarity about what happens to land after 2047? Does it go back Beijing or summat?
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by Claire 358 days ago |
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The People's Republic of China owns all the land in Hong Kong, except the land on which St John's Cathedral stands. The Catholic Church is pushed for cash cos of paying off the people it's priests did a Chris Langham on - make them an offer.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything.
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| posted by Juno Watt 358 days ago |
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No, it's owned by the HK government, and St. John's is the C of E.
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| posted by AKA 358 days ago |
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quote:
Originally posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant
Isn't there also some lack of clarity about what happens to land after 2047? Does it go back Beijing or summat?
Fuc k that doesn't give us a lot of time...it's ten to 3 already!
When a skinhead walks down the street, every chick's heart skip a beat
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| posted by Claire 358 days ago (edited 358 days ago) |
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But the pope said the catholic church is the only church... (my excuse for being wrong)
And the other part, Article 7 of the Basic Laws states:
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The land and natural resources within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be State property. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be responsible for their management, use and development and for their lease or grant to individuals, legal persons or organizations for use or development. The revenues derived therefrom shall be exclusively at the disposal of the government of the Region.
Or did they change the Basic Law?
(As if...)
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| posted by Load Toad 358 days ago |
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They only change The Basic Law when Beijing says they can
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| posted by shazza 358 days ago |
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Do you want to own the land or simply want to build yer own house?
If it's latter then you can buy a very old village house (or new one if you are rich enough and doesn't think it's a waste), knock it down and rebuild a house with yer own design. Though, the size and height of the house has to be same as the original one.
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| posted by admux 358 days ago |
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yup... shazza is right... i've done a bit of research myself.... you can locate an abandoned property.... find out who owns it via a land search and try to contact the owner to sell it to you...
I've found a few i like ... but unable to either find the owner... or get him to agree to sell...
there are loads of old buildings in the sticks (especially where I live....) so i've not given up on my plan yet....
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| posted by Juno Watt 358 days ago |
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Ah, sorry Claire, I haven't read the Basic Law in ages... I picked up a copy signed by Li Peng and Chris Patten at the book fair though, so looking forward to some snoozeworthy bedtime reading.
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| posted by Claire 358 days ago |
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Originally posted by Juno Watt
Ah, sorry Claire, I haven't read the Basic Law in ages... I picked up a copy signed by Li Peng and Chris Patten at the book fair though, so looking forward to some snoozeworthy bedtime reading.
Let you off then... 
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