... Force on Land Supply, which will seek to reach public consensus on how to boost land supply to ease the city's housing shortage. Indeed, there's life after politics. In the case of former financial s ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-12
It’s not uncommon that sites close to major highways and rail lines have been identified or rezoned for public housing, in an all-out land hunt to provide subsidized homes for the 300,000 applicants c ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
Flats to be offered under the government’s new housing scheme are likely to cost half the market price, Apple Daily reports, citing Stanley Wong Yuen-fai, chair of the newly formed Task Force on Land ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
... likely to land its second headquarters in a cheaper city than Seattle and score subsidies. The company promised up to 50,000 jobs averaging more than US$100,000 in annual compensation over the next 10 ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
... Force on Land Supply, which held its first meeting on Wednesday, Lam said she will attend some of its meetings to express her demands and hopes. There has always been a gap between the HOS and the pl ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
The Observation Wheel at the Central harbourfront has been saved from demolition after the old and new holders of land-lease rights to the site reached an agreement on the transfer of the facility on ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
A government task force will initially focus on 12 options to help increase land supply for public housing. The group held its first meeting on Wednesday. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
... supply of land, just as we’ve seen in Hong Kong. For example, the capital city Beijing has a massive population of more than 22 million. There may only be enough land for several thousand jointly owne ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
... ng enough land to build houses on and soaring property costs will be cut by half because demand will be cut by as much. Let's admit it: we live in a tiny city so we have to share. But how do you expec ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
... nding new land and expediting the development of brownfield sites in order to boost land supply. Land shortage lies at the root of our ongoing housing affordability crisis. If the administration fails ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
... only mainland city to have land linkages with both Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions (SARs), to attract more companies from Hong Kong. At an investment promotion event at the end of ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
... oking for land amid the housing shortage, can't seem to maximize the value of a prime site. And if it wants to make people happy, a Hong Kong Eye, and a small one at that, just won't serve the purpos ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
Lands Department Director Thomas Chan Chung-ching said The Entertainment Corp. Ltd (TECL) fared better in terms of technical know-how and also offered a higher rental during the tender exercise for th ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
Hong Kong authorities are expected to boost new-home supply by utilizing some tracts of farmland in the New Territories for property development projects. The potential scheme will be aimed at helping ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
... y for the land expired last week. The new operator, The Entertainment Corp. Ltd. (TECL), did not go public until Monday night with a press statement. TECL said it was in discussion with Dutch Wheels, ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
... ctors. As land prices kept spiking in recent years, new development sites have becoming increasingly unaffordable for small developers with limited resources. Smaller developers with annual sales reve ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
The Observation Wheel at the Central waterfront may be torn down if the current and the former land-lease rights holders fail to reach an agreement over the terms for resumption of operations. After b ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-04
... s and homeland, and their destabilizing actions will be met accordingly,” said General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces Commander, who made an unscheduled visit to Japan. “This complex mi ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-01
... perator's land lease contract. Located close to Pier no. 9 and no.10 at the Central Piers, the giant wheel, featuring a height of 60 meters, was opened to the public in December 2014. The Development ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
... Force on Land Supply, saying most of them are from the establishment camp. Lam was reportedly surprised to hear that the appointments to the task force were not impartial and defended herself by sayi ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
