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Journalists may need judicial review to access land records under new rules

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Hong Kong journalists will have to rely on judicial review if the government refuses to provide land records in future, with authorities pledging to simplify applications and deliver records in as little as one to two working days. Officials made the pledge on Tuesday as lawmakers raised concerns over possible restrictions on media access during the first meeting of a Legislative Council subcommittee examining eight pieces of subsidiary legislation for the proposed land record search arrangement...

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