... -expected land sales income boosted overall revenue to HK$559.5 billion, 12 percent more than the initial estimate. Meanwhile, government expenditure is expected to reach HK$466.7 billion, some HK$20 ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
While benefiting landlords, surging home prices have left young people upset about the dimming prospects of owning their own place. Here is a wild idea that might help. The government can create a hom ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
Compared with other policy issues such as housing, land and education, transport is a relatively less discussed subject among the four chief executive candidates in their campaigns, even though they m ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-21
... may well land Trump in another legal squabble in the US, where the president is barred by the constitution from accepting “any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any kin ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
... n the mainland. Once he had returned to Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kee, one of the five booksellers, gave a chilling account of his arrest and video false confession under duress. This sort of propaganda gar ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
... ed by mainland businessman Xiao Junfeng in November last year, data from the Land Registry show. An inspection by Apple Daily reporters revealed that the interior of the house is in a dilapidated cond ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
... ot enough land. The truth is, the problem is not a shortage of land but a shortage of money. Contrary to what most people think, the Housing Authority (HA), not the government, pays for the constructi ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
“Our goal is to provide public housing accommodation to 60 percent of our population, through more efficient land use, and by increasing the supply of public sector housing and redeveloping old public ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
... asures on land provision, financing, talent development and infrastructure in the future. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 11 Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中 ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
Most cities increase land supply to tame soaring home prices. However, Beijing has taken the opposite view. Cai Qi, the city’s new mayor, said Beijing would reduce the area of construction land supply ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
... nate some land plots in our country parks to build new homes. Any initiative to build new homes in our country parks will raise a sensitive issue: why should the government deprive us of our right to ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
... profound land and water shortages, as well as rising rates of desertification and serious pollution problems. Plans to draw up "ecological red lines" were first announced in 2011, when it was said th ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
... efficient land use and redevelopment of old public housing estates. While the pledge was welcomed by many people, his former boss Leung feels it is not a feasible target. Ahead of an Executive Counci ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
... Overseas Land and Investment boasted about its record-breaking sales. A 1,606-square-foot unit in the former airport site was sold through tender for HK$48.19 million (US$6.21 million), or a whopping ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
... a blessed land James was born in Shanghai where his father made his first million in the textile business. His family fled the Communists and took shelter in Hong Kong in 1949 when he was still a todd ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
... t called "Land of Everest". Under the initiative, an essay competition was arranged between students from Hong Kong universities and the winner was sent to Nepal for a 9-day whirlwind holiday trip as ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
... eveloping land in the New Territories both for the village houses of indigenous people and flats under the government's home ownership scheme originated from lawmaker Edward Yiu, who is opposed to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
... enue from land sales, and it's quite hard to forecast earnings from such a source given the volatility of the Hong Kong property market in the past decade. Lam and her supporters are obviously harpin ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
Former chief secretary Carrie Lam is in favor of an aggressive policy on land development, including brownfield sites. Lam made the comment during a visit Wednesday to the Heung Yee Kuk, which represe ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
... rs from a land shortage but that the government itself is to blame for policies favoring property developers in outrageous ways. In order to perpetuate the myth that land shortage is the main barrier ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
