Public Housing

Land reclamation is not the answer to public housing shortage

17 May 2013

Passions were running high last Saturday as government officials met the public for the second stage of consultation on reclamation in Hong Kong waters.

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China could learn from Singapore's public housing model

17 Apr 2013

Even with the small dip after strong control measures, housing prices in Hong Kong remain near a historic high. With its property among the most expensive in the world, Hong Kong has long grappled...

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Singapore estate where they pee and smoke in the lifts

8 Apr 2013

Lifts in Singapore's blocks of public housing are still sometimes being used as toilets to the fury of residents despite a long government campaign to eradicate the habit, a report said yesterday...

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Socam to cash out China projects

28 Mar 2013

Property developer and contractor Socam Development will aggressively cash in its mainland properties and pursue opportunities in Hong Kong's expanded building programme for public housing and...

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Fire at Tsueng Kwan O estate injures four

19 Mar 2013

Four people were sent to hospital and about 100 others evacuated after fire broke out at a public housing block in Tseung Kwan O on Tuesday morning. One male resident suffered serious burns while...

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Enough funds for public housing

13 Mar 2013

The Housing Authority has a five-year rolling public housing construction programme. This is reviewed and adjusted annually in accordance with the latest demand and supply situation.

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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Public housing tenant guilty of laundering HK$6.7b in four years

A public housing tenant was yesterday convicted in the Court of First Instance of laundering HK$6.7 billion through nine Hong Kong banks in four years. The court heard yesterday that police became...

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Use stamp duty windfall for those priced out of property market

The inflow of hot money in recent years has fuelled speculation in the local property market, pushing up prices and making it impossible for many Hongkongers to get on the ladder.

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Housing blocks 'will stop wind flow'

A public housing project planned near the harbourfront will serve as a "huge wall", blocking wind flow to West Kowloon neighbourhoods, district councillors said yesterday, after changes to the...

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Talking points

Kenyans head to the polls for the first time since a new constitution was passed in 2010 to reform the political system and ease ethnic divides. Leading the race of eight presidential candidates...

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HOUSING

Housing Society seeks help to rehouse tenants while it rebuilds estates

The Housing Society says the lack of vacant flats for temporary relocations is the main obstacle to redevelopment of public housing - despite this approach being highlighted as a way to increase...

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BRIEFS

Briefs, February 12, 2013

Two teenagers yesterday appeared in Tuen Mun Court on a joint charge of arson for allegedly setting fire to umbrellas and other items at a Tin Shui Wai estate on Friday.

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