Lands Administration Office

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Lands Administration Office

| native_name =

| native_name_a = {{lang|zh|地政處}}

| native_name_r =

| type = Department

| image = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg

| image_size = 200px

| image_caption = Emblem of Hong Kong

| formed = {{Start date|1986|04|11|df=yes}}

| preceding1 =

| dissolved =

| superseding1 =

| jurisdiction = Government of Hong Kong

| headquarters = {{Flagicon|HKG}} 20/F, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong

| region_code =

| motto = Land administration in Hong Kong for the greater benefit of the community

| minister1_name =

| minister1_pfo =

| deputyminister1_name = Ms. Jane CHOI Kwok Chun

| deputyminister1_pfo = Deputy Director (General)^PGLA{{efn|Directorate grade 3 (D3)}}

| deputyminister2_name = Ms. Lily CHIU Lee Lee

| deputyminister2_pfo = Deputy Director (Specialist)^PGLA{{efn|Directorate grade 3 (D3)}}

| chief1_name = Mr. Tony LAM Chi Fai

| chief1_position = Senior Principal Land Executive{{efn|Directorate grade 1 (D1)}}

| chief2_name =

| chief2_position =

| employees =

| budget =

| parent_department = Lands Department

| parent_agency =

| child1_agency =

| child2_agency =

| keydocument1 = Hong Kong Ordinances

| website = {{URL|landsd.gov.hk}}

| agency_id =

| map = HK North Point Gov Offices 333 Java Road 1.JPG

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = Headquarters location of the LAO

| footnotes = PGLA: Principal Government Land Agent

| embed = {{Notelist}}

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The Lands Administration Office (LAO) ({{lang-zh|地政處}}) is a functional office under the Lands Department of the Hong Kong Government.{{Cite web|title=地政總署便覽|url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/tc/Pamphlet/fact_c.pdf|website=地政總署 (Lands Department)|language=zh-hk|date=2022-06-01|access-date=2024-05-15|archive-date=2024-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516141301/https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/tc/Pamphlet/fact_c.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=土地行政新思維 全面提升地政系統|url=http://www.hkpri.org.hk/research/detail/20190224_NMfLA|website=香港政策研究所 (Hong Kong Policy Research Institute)|language=zh-hk|date=2019-02-24|access-date=2024-05-15|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515150022/http://www.hkpri.org.hk/research/detail/20190224_NMfLA|url-status=live}} The LAO comprises a headquarters section, a number of professional sections and 12 District Lands Offices (DLOs).{{Cite news|title=地政總署調配資源提高土地管制成效|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200706/21/P200706210200.htm|work=香港政府新聞公報 (HK Government Press Releases)|language=zh-hk|date=2007-06-21|accessdate=2024-05-15|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515150023/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200706/21/P200706210200.htm|url-status=live}} Established in April 1986, the Lands Administration Office is responsible for land grants, valuations, land resumption, property management, lease renewals and amendments, slope maintenance, lease enforcement, land control and management, squatter control, etc.{{Cite web|title=地政總署便覽|url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/tc/Pamphlet/fact_c_text.pdf|website=地政總署 (Lands Department)|language=zh-hk|date=2022-06-01|access-date=2024-05-15|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515150023/https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/tc/Pamphlet/fact_c_text.pdf|url-status=live}} The LAO is headed by two principal government land agents (PGLAs), who are civil servants at directorate level 3 (D3): deputy director (general) and deputy director (specialist).{{Cite web|title=組織架構|url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/tc/about-us/organisation.html|work=地政總署 (Lands Department)|language=zh-hk|date=2024-05-08|access-date=2024-05-15|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515150023/https://www.landsd.gov.hk/tc/about-us/organisation.html|url-status=live}}