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What happens at the end of land lease term?

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    What happens at the end of land lease term?

    Hi,
    i am in the final stage of buying a flat in an old building.
    But i noticed that the commencement of lease term is 01 Jan 1898 and lease term is 150 years.

    this means land lease will end at 2047.
    agent said this is common for “second hand properties” which I am not sure of.

    Does anyone know what happens at the end of lease term? I don’t want to spend millions to have my flag forfeited after 27 years.

    thanks!


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    Anything else big you can think of happening in 2047?


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    Nobody knows what will happen. Everyone assumes the government will extend the land lease for a nominal fee or something...
    That said, if the cost to extend is too high everyone will be out there fighting and protesting so chances of simple extension is high...

    The reason its set to 2047 is because that's the end of the 50years of 1C2S from 1997.

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    haha of course I am aware of the uncertainty when HK is officially and fully returned to China...


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    There are already land leases which go beyond 2047 (I own one such property) and, to date, the HKSAR Govt has made a practice of renewing expired leases for non-renewable terms of 50 years even if that pushes beyond 2047. However the sample size is small (I think).

    There's a good summary in the linked Legco webpage. Key points:

    1. it's at the government's absolute discretion but they have exercised it in at least some cases and no fees have been charged when they have done so. (Just my opinion of course, but I seriously doubt that the HKSAR govt would do that without the blessing of Beijing)

    2. as far as I am aware they have not made it a matter of policy to automatically renew all leases BUT

    3. I'm not aware of any cases where the government has not granted a 50 year renewal on expiry – if there are any, I would very much like to know.

    4. as far as 2047 is concerned, Article 5 of the Basic Law provides that "The socialist system and policies shall not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the previous capitalist system and way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years". It does not automatically come to an end then but the PRC government has the right/power to decide what happens.

    https://www.legco.gov.hk/research-pu...-hong-kong.htm


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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    Anything else big you can think of happening in 2047?
    We get to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Roswell Incident?
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    That and factor in the number of ccp leaders and local billionaire grade tycoons + local property companies who own property in HK... Including your own estate and it's developer.

    No point planning for an extinction level event.

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