Urban planning has become a public concern. "Brownfield sites" and "big debate on land supply" have become common terms in the news in Hong Kong. Engaging in a public discussion that could lead to con ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-16
Earlier this month, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor vowed that she would include in her upcoming Policy Address more policies in relation to boosting land supply. Then shortly afterwards, ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-16
... plus the land premiums paid to the government, and may lose HK$500,000 to HK$1 million for each unit sold, a scenario that could seriously undermine the financial soundness of the organization in the ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-13
... Easter Islanders illustrates the world’s current problem. Sometime in the twelfth century, a group of Polynesians found their way to a remote volcanic island where dense forests provided food, animal ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-13
... Force on Land Supply, a panel appointed last year by Hong Kong's current leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to come up with suggestions to help resolve the city's housing woes, is seeking inputs from ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-13
... anaged to land a job in private companies, their woes are far from over. It is because as the E-Connect study has indicated, there is a prevailing notion among employers that disabled workers are ofte ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-12
A number of mainland companies are launching initial public offerings in Hong Kong after Xiaomi's listing. E-house (China) Enterprise Holdings, a leading real estate service firm, plans to list in the ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-11
... pplied to land use planning, compared with the 65 percent accuracy rate of the traditional method. GANs have offered a new and efficient solution to collecting data for land planning. I believe if we ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-11
... using and land policies, after Lam took similar questions earlier in Cantonese, during a routine media session before the Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. Saying that "we don’t need to waste time ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-06
Hong Kong's ongoing public consultation on land supply will end at the end of September. But already Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and housing minister Frank Chan Fan have both stated tha ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-05
British-style governance, simple and low tax regime, free port and high land price policy are the four cornerstones of Hong Kong's economic miracle. The high price of land is a must for the government ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-05
... THK about land reclamation, although this time in English. Showing some irritation, the chief executive indicated that it was a waste of time to answer in English the same question that had been asked ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-04
... ng Kong’s land supply issue. Answering in Cantonese, the chief executive said the government needs to address the issue of land supply to meet citizens' demand for housing, stressing that she has no i ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-04
A mainland woman who sparked a controversy by taking photos last month in a Hong Kong courtroom during a trial, and was penalized for it, is once again in the news -- this time for biting an immigrati ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-29
... and the island of Phu Quoc in the south. Under the proposal, foreign investors will be granted leases to land for a duration of up to 99 years in the three SEZs. Currently, land can only be leased to ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-27
... n hoarded land owned by property developers. No matter what sort of new measures our decision-makers are going to adopt eventually, what is important is that the government should take the lead in fac ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-27
