Priority should be to help grass roots
Young sandwich-class couples feel let down by the chief executive’s policy address.
Leung Chun-ying pledged to increase the supply of housing in an effort to bring down Hong Kong’s skyrocketing property prices. But it seems some people think that the government has not done enough for those sandwich-class couples who, because of their financial status, are not eligible for subsidised housing. They complain that the policy address failed to offer these couples cheap home loans to make it easier for them to purchase their first flat.
The government has an obligation to give a helping hand to citizens in need. But it has limited resources and they have to be used to help the grass roots in society. Also, some young sandwich-class couples’ expectations are too high.
I listened to one young married couple on a radio show – a doctor and a lawyer – complaining that property prices on Hong Kong Island were too high. So why not consider moving out to the New Territories, or Kowloon peninsula?
It is up to such citizens to save up for their first flat from their salaries and not depend on the government for help.
So Koon-hei, Sha Tin