Featured By : Bill Love, Chief Executive Officer of Credent Technology Asia
Land data integration is one of the most important information technology projects that government can undertake. As a citizen this statement may not be self-evident so I’ll explain why.
Imagine there is a bungalow that you want to buy… now landed property is very expensive here and you will probably need a loan. You and the finance company will want to know all there is to know about this property, for example, you want to be sure that it has a good and clean title, that is, the person offering the property has the legal right to do so; that the physical property and its location match its legal description; that there are no encumbrances, obligations or other interests in the property; that there are no plans by government authorities to resume the land or otherwise plan to interfere with it for purposes such as road construction; that the land use zoning allows you to carry out your purposes for the property and so on. The task of answering these questions is usually given to your lawyer but if you ever tried to do it yourself you would be driven crazy visiting and queuing at a seemingly endless list of government departments and statutory authorities.
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Susan Smith
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