Well-off Hong Kong public housing tenants should be given priority to buy subsidised homes as an incentive to move up the housing ladder, a lawmaker and a concern group have said, after authorities announced a plan to increase rent and evict wealthier households. Lawmaker Lo Wai-kwok, a member of the Legislative Council’s housing panel, on…
Well-off Hong Kong public housing tenants should be given priority to buy subsidised homes as an incentive to move up the housing ladder, a lawmaker and a concern group have said, after authorities announced a plan to increase rent and evict rich households. Housing panel lawmaker Lo Wai-kwok on Monday called on authorities to offer…
The number of young people in Hong Kong applying for public rental flats has dropped substantially over the past four years, reflecting that most of them are not “lying flat”, the city’s housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin made the comments on Saturday, months after several senior officials urged the city’s…
The number of young people in Hong Kong applying for public rental flats has dropped substantially over the past four years, reflecting that most of them are not “lying flat”, the city’s housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin made the comments on Saturday, months after several senior officials urged the city’s…
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s latest policy address should be praised for its laser-like focus on strengthening the foundation on which Hong Kong’s unique competitive advantages under “one country, two systems” are based. As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter points out, one should aim to be unique, rather than the best. Besides consolidating the…
Hong Kong’s top judges have expressed doubts about a government body’s stance that unequal treatment based on one’s sexual orientation is “entrenched” in the city’s mini-constitution, as they hear a final appeal against the granting of housing rights to same-sex couples. The Court of Final Appeal on Friday heard arguments from the Housing Authority’s counsel…
New and expecting mothers are among those competing to buy a Hong Kong home in the first round of subsidised flat sales since a scheme was revamped to encourage families to have children by providing them priority access to the purchases. Applications for the Home Ownership Scheme opened on Thursday, with those eligible entering a…