Hong Kong should avoid negative labels for certified subdivided flats as they provide accommodation to people from all walks of life, the housing minister has said, while stressing that a planned shake-up of standards will not drive up rents. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin also said temporary…
Around 4,200 transitional homes will be sufficient to meet the temporary housing needs of tenants displaced under new rules that could require 33,000 subpar subdivided flats to undergo major renovations, Hong Kong officials have said. Undersecretary for Housing Victor Tai Sheung-shing told lawmakers on Monday that the government would set aside up to 20 per…
Temperatures in substandard housing in Hong Kong reached as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) over the past week, while about 40 per cent of tenants in such homes reported having poor quality or no windows, a concern group has found. The results came from two studies published by the Society for Community Organisation…
Hong Kong has long been known as an international financial hub where fortunes are made in office towers that form the city’s iconic skyline. Its free-market economy has given rise to some of Asia’s wealthiest and most powerful families and firms. But beneath the glitz and glamour lies a sobering level of inequality. Some people…
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…
Up to 80 per cent of children from low-income families living in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats are suffering from various degrees of insufficient nutrition intake, a study has estimated, with researchers urging authorities to step up education over proper diets. The figure emerged from a study that saw 589 children aged two to 11 from…
Up to 80 per cent of children from low-income families living in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats are suffering from various degrees of insufficient nutrition intake, a study has estimated, with researchers urging authorities to step up education over proper diets. The figure emerged from a study that saw 589 children aged two to 11 from…
Lawmakers have expressed concerns over whether landlords will take part in a proposed registration scheme for subdivided homes in Hong Kong, with some urging authorities to reduce the fees to increase the incentive. They questioned the government’s approach at a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday, where officials discussed the latest proposal for the scheme…
Advocacy groups and tenants have urged Hong Kong authorities to adjust proposals for regulating below-standard subdivided flats, calling for bigger minimum sizes and permanent resettlement as a public consultation ended. Some tenants on Monday also said they had been evicted as their landlords had told them they needed to renovate their flats to meet the…
Hong Kong authorities have learned of cases of subdivided-flat tenants allegedly being evicted due to landlords renovating the homes ahead of a government clampdown on subpar housing, a minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin said it was the first time the Rating and Valuation Department had received such complaints, which were filed…