Infrastructure development in the Greater Bay Area has been so rapid that some major projects have not even registered on maps, a Hong Kong-based scholar has said as he and other experts called for better “narratives” and promotion of the new economic region amid shifting geopolitics. During the South China Morning Post’s annual China Conference…
Marf Yau from Hong Kong girl group Collar will be a guest support act for British rock band Coldplay’s shows in the soon-to-open Kai Tak stadium. Event promoter Live Nation announced on Wednesday that Yau would join the shows at the 50,000-seat main stadium, which is set to open in the first quarter of next…
Cleaner Suen Wai-keung*, 57, has been waiting 16 years for a Hong Kong public housing flat, but does not expect to hear good news about his application any time soon. Earning about HK$12,000 (US$1,540) a month, he spends nearly a quarter of his income, or HK$2,900, on renting a termite-infested cubicle in Sham Shui Po,…
Hong Kong should reassess its demand for land, taking into consideration structural economic changes and the government’s operating budget deficit, a leading finance policy adviser and a veteran surveyor said as the city leader dismissed his predecessor’s concerns about oversupply. Professor Liu Pak-wai, a director at the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research under the…
Hong Kong should reassess its demand for land, taking into consideration structural economic changes and the government’s operating budget deficit, a leading finance policy adviser and a veteran surveyor said as the city leader dismissed his predecessor’s concerns about oversupply. Professor Liu Pak-wai, a director at the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research under the…
Daphné Mandel used to love the mystery of Hong Kong’s abandoned places. In 2008, she’d arrived from France because of her husband’s work. In Paris, she’d co-founded a firm specialising in landscape architecture and urban planning. Mandel thought she could replicate her practice in Hong Kong but that turned out to be challenging. Instead, she…
Sports and music fans leaving Hong Kong’s new flagship stadium will have to set aside about one hour to reach the tourism heart of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon as access is difficult due to the many construction sites around the area, the Post has found. That was how long it took three Post reporters…
Hong Kong’s diverging housing rents and home prices are turning more renters into buyers, especially new arrivals under the city’s various talent schemes, offering a potential salve to the real estate slump. At the same time, attractive rental returns, lower interest rates and the end of duties aimed at non-residents are drawing more buyers from…
New flats on offer in Kai Tak received a cool reception on Saturday, as Hong Kong homebuyers mostly stayed on the sidelines waiting for steeper discounts, which spoiled expectations of a strong turnout at the start of November after the monetary authority relaxed the city’s mortgage financing rules last month. Only one out of the…
New flats on offer in Kai Tak received a cool reception on Saturday, as Hong Kong homebuyers mostly stayed on the sidelines waiting for steeper discounts, which spoiled expectations of a strong turnout at the start of November after the monetary authority relaxed the city’s mortgage financing rules last month. Only one out of the…