Land supply in Hong Kong

31 Dec 2012

There has been a lot of talk over the years about whether every male child of Hong Kong's "indigenous" villagers should continue to have the legal right to build a new village house.

Letters to the Editor, December 31, 2012

31 Dec 2012

Flats initiative a short-term measure

I was delighted by the government's announcement on Monday, December 24, that it planned to boost land supply [in the coming quarter] for the...

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Question of supply

13 Dec 2012

If there is one thing most experts agree on, it is the need to increase the supply of homes.

Backing for taller village houses rises

21 Oct 2012

A rising chorus that includes government advisers is calling for the three-storey height limit on village houses to be raised as a way to cope with a land shortage. One rural leader suggested the...

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Developers race homes onto market to fund land rush

4 Oct 2012

Hong Kong developers, seeking funds to tap an expanding government land supply, are this month preparing to sell the most homes in six years as expectations for prolonged low interest rates fuel...

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Land supply strategy consultation still skewed in favour of vested interests

I refer to the letter from Edwin K.H. Tong, of the Civil Engineering and Development Department ("Officials must keep all land bank options under consideration", September 11).