Land supply

Hong Kong needs to speed up land supply mechanism

4 Mar 2013

When it comes to market intervention, the less the better. In Hong Kong, the formula has been tried and tested and contributes to our success in being named the world's freest economy for many...

Tsang defends management of land supply

1 Mar 2013

The financial secretary has dismissed criticism that the government was too slow in taking full control of Hong Kong’s land supply by scrapping the application list system, which was announced on...

Land application list scrapped in bid to control supply

1 Mar 2013

The government has taken over total control of land supply from developers by scrapping the application list system. Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po announced the end of the system,...

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Land list 'shows supply may be running short'

1 Mar 2013

Twenty-three of the 28 residential sites added to this year's land-sale list will not be ready for sale until next year, raising concerns that the government is running out of stock for immediate...

Paul Chan announces end of land application list system

28 Feb 2013

Hong Kong’s government will scrap the land application list system – under which developers can trigger land auctions – in order to increase its control over the city’s land supply.

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Works chief Edwin Tong calls WWF Hong Kong criticism biased

Edwin Tong Ka-hung, head of the Civil Engineering Office, criticised some outside analysis of the results of the engagement exercise as biased. Tong was responding to earlier accusations by WWF...

Overriding policy, not piecemeal measures, needed on land supply

All manner of innovative ways have been proposed by Hong Kong's government to increase land supply for housing. The latest take aim at sites occupied by the People's Liberation Army and private...

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Underground may be the way to go in solving Hong Kong's housing woes

HKU managed to create space to solve its land shortage problem by moving three service reservoirs into rock caverns excavated in the adjacent hillside.

SCMP Debate: Do you think CY Leung's measures to boost housing supply will be effective?

Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...

HOUSING

Retired civil servants offer housing estates to ease land shortage

"[Chief Executive] Leung Chun-ying has been trying to increase land supply by different means such as developing the New Territories North, but there are difficulties," said Wong Pak-yan, the...

REDEVELOPMENT

Mid-Levels unlikely to see rush to develop

News that the government might lift restrictions on property development in Pok Fu Lam and Mid-Levels has drawn a lukewarm response from landlords and buyers, according to industry players.