Motorists may only have to pay between HK$18 (US$2.30) and HK$45 to use Hong Kong’s Tai Lam Tunnel, down from HK$58, after control is handed back to the government next year, the Post has learned. A government source said on Monday that authorities were leaning towards implementing time-based tolls at the 3.8km tunnel in the…
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu unveiled new policies targeting Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats this week, aiming to improve the livelihoods of about 110,000 households living in the cramped homes. But critics have hit out at the government, saying the policy legitimises the problem by effectively allowing 70 per cent of the homes to stay,…
The government will take into account Hong Kong’s supply of public housing and other factors before imposing penalties on landlords who lease subdivided flats that do not meet a proposed tougher code, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun has said. A day after delivering his policy address, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said the…