Hong Kong’s finance chief has vowed to press on with the Northern Metropolis megaproject by issuing bonds to fund the plan, insisting that the policy is a step in the right direction for the city’s long-term development, despite a looming budget deficit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that the development of the scheme…
Hong Kong housing authorities will work with academics and use artificial intelligence (AI) in designing and redeveloping a landmark public estate with a sea view. Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam has been described as a “luxury residence for ordinary people” for its coastal location set against a hilly backdrop in the southwest of…
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…
A government plan to build 12,000 homes on Hong Kong’s oldest golf course has been controversial since it was forged five years ago. The development, which involves taking back 32 hectares (795 acres) of land from Hong Kong Golf Club, raises complex issues involving competing public interests. It has given rise to strong feelings. There…
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,…
More than 90 per cent of children who live in Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats show signs of spinal issues as a result of the cramped conditions, a survey has found, sparking calls from a concern group for families with youngsters to be given priority for public housing. The culprit was that children did not…
Four out of five public housing tenants surveyed in Hong Kong have said prices at wet markets at their estates are higher than elsewhere, with a concern group pointing to a lack of business as the reason. The Alliance for the Monitoring of Welfare and Planning at Public Housing Estates polled 700 residents from 40…
I’m not sure if I am supposed to say this, but I found Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s latest policy address interesting. It was comprehensive, covered a lot of ground and was quite detailed in places, especially with regard to economic development. I have one or two quibbles, of course, but overall it was a…
Hong Kong authorities will seek about HK$30 billion (US$3.86 billion) in funding for the first-stage development of a technology hub near the border with mainland China despite an ongoing legal challenge to the project. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also revealed on Saturday that the government sought to open bidding next year for the…