The number of construction starts on new flats in the city climbed to the highest in nearly eight years in the first six months of this year after the government increased land supply to cool...
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11 Jun 2012
Luxury home sales over the weekend saw their worst performance this year, with developers managing to sell just 20 per cent of 285 flats on offer at two high-end projects - The Riverpark and...
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30 May 2012
Residents offered flat-for-flat compensation at a Ma Tau Kok redevelopment project have all rejected the offers, the Urban Renewal Authority said yesterday.
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5 Mar 2012
The Urban Renewal Authority has had an image problem, often being likened to a bulldozer that colludes with property developers. Under a revised strategy, it is beginning to pay attention to the...
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3 Jan 2012
An academic says the government should take back subsidised housing when the land leases expire - usually after 50 years - but waive land premiums when the flats are resold.
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7 Dec 2011
Despite their reputation for being dirty, dangerous and overcrowded, subdivided flats are growing in popularity, according to a property agent who has found a ready market in the city for his...
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A tenant is still living in his subdivided cubicle in a Ma Tau Wai building that was swept by a fatal fire in June, although his landlord is racing against time to demolish the illegal structures...
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Residents of an ageing Hung Hom building have been left terrified after fist-sized holes were drilled in the walls of several common areas last week. They fear they are intended...
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Buildings Department officers broke into two subdivided flats in a dangerous building - invoking a rarely used power to carry out an inspection.
Accompanied by police, they entered...
4:14PM
Elderly people displaced by redevelopments will be offered no-frills flats that cater for their needs, but they will not necessarily be cheap, the Urban Renewal Authority said yesterday as it...
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A substantial rise in new housing supply in the first half of this year will do nothing to cool the red-hot property market, analysts say.
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A new project in Tai Kok Tsui is falling far short of public expectations that, under new rules, half the total number of flats would now be offered for sale. Only 75 flats in the Hermitage will...
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