Dear Sir/Madam,

Code on Access to Information
Application No. : Lands 181/22

        Thank you for your application dated 26 October 2022 seeking
access to information relating to records of auction lands in Lantau
Island from 1938 to 1943.
2.        Having considered your application, the relevant offices of
Lands Department had searched and found that we do not possess the
requested records.
3.        In this regard, you may consider approaching the Government
Records Service (GRS)([1]https://www.grs.gov.hk).  We are however
uncertain whether GRS keeps any of the records requested by you, in part
or full or if GRS is the exhaustive source of your requested
records/information.  The contact details of GRS are as follow:

3/F, Hong Kong Public Records Building
13 Tsui Ping Road
Kwun Tong
Kowloon

Telephone: 2195 7760
Fax: 2142 5756
E-mail: [email address]
4.        If you are not satisfied with the above reply/decision, you may
ask this Department to review the reply/decision by writing to the
Director of Lands at 20/F, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road,
North Point, Hong Kong. Alternatively, you may complain to The Ombudsman
whose address and other contact details are as follows:

30/F, China Merchants Tower
Shun Tak Centre
168 - 200 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong

Telephone : 2629 0555
Fax : 2882 8149
E-mail: [email address]

(Michael Wong)
for Director of Lands

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From:        Sin Kin Chiu <[FOI #1195 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Lands Department <[Lands Department request email]>
Date:        26/10/2022 00:43
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Auction of Lands in
Lantau Island from the year 1938 to 1943

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Dear Lands Department,
Can you furnish the record of auction lands in Lantau Island from 1938 to
1943?

Yours faithfully,

Sin Kin Chiu

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