Hong Kong’s housing minister has urged the owners of substandard subdivided flats to comply with a coming regulatory regime that is expected to cost landlords after years of huge profits. The appeal from Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin on Sunday came two days after the government gazetted the Basic Housing Units Bill, which aims…
Hong Kong is pressing ahead with legislation to regulate the city’s notorious subdivided flats, with authorities planning to enforce proposed new laws from 2027 and landlords able to register their properties as early as March next year. The Housing Bureau submitted its regulatory proposals to the legislature on Thursday, with the bill to be tabled…
Beijing’s point man overseeing Hong Kong affairs has begun a five-day fact-finding visit to the city, his third since taking office. Sources have said Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, will focus on assessing the city’s progress on both the development and security fronts. The Post examines the importance of…
Beijing’s point man overseeing Hong Kong affairs has begun a five-day fact-finding visit to the city, his third since taking office. Sources have said Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, will focus on assessing the city’s progress on both the development and security fronts. The Post examines the importance of…
Hong Kong authorities will ramp up penalties for those who repeatedly misuse public sports and recreation facilities, an official has said, noting authorities had handed out punishments for 13,000 such cases since the launch of a booking app in 2023. Raistlin Lau Chun, the acting culture, sports and tourism minister, said on Wednesday that the…
Hong Kong authorities will ramp up penalties for those who repeatedly misuse public sports and recreation facilities, an official has said, noting authorities had handed out punishments for 13,000 such cases since the launch of a booking app in 2023. Raistlin Lau Chun, the acting culture, sports and tourism minister, said on Wednesday that the…
The water pipe believed to have introduced black particles of bitumen into the freshwater supply at two public housing estates last month will be replaced by early July, the development minister has pledged. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also said on Wednesday that they had completed more than 1,500 requests from residents at Queens…
Hong Kong’s housing authorities have suspended a 8,300 public flat development in a northern town due to the suspected high costs of building on deep rock strata, a move lawmakers said showed serious failure at the initial planning stage. The legislators urged authorities on Sunday to invest more resources in land exploration to avoid such…
Hongkongers may have to pay more to use the Aberdeen Tunnel and the Shing Mun Tunnels under a government proposal to raise tolls from HK$5 (64 US cents) to HK$8 to help recoup some of their hefty annual losses, the Post has learned. The tunnels’ current flat fee of HK$5 for all vehicles has remained…
Hong Kong lawmakers have approved the government’s proposal to criminalise the subletting of public rental flats or the use of such properties for business purposes, with the offence to carry a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a HK$500,000 (US$63,700) fine. Lawmakers on Wednesday voted on the Housing (Amendment) Bill, which introduces new…