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Joyce Ng
Joyce Ng
Hong Kong
@ncyjoyce
Senior reporter, Hong Kong
Joyce Ng covers Hong Kong’s politics and housing issues. She joined the Post in 2008 to focus on urban planning, housing and heritage news, and has won awards for reporting on developers’ tricks in flat sales.

Advisory Council on the Environment fails to reach consensus after six-hour meeting over ecological survey behind public housing plan for controversial Fanling site.

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Years of lethargy have set Hong Kong on its way to an entrenched housing crisis, with homes growing smaller but more expensive.

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John Lee faces immense pressure to successfully balance land supply with demand for flats and developers’ interests, a challenge that stymied other leaders.

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The minimum size requirement in the private sector will cover all government land sales, railway property projects, homes built by the Urban Renewal Authority and redevelopment projects.

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The budget includes billions set aside for pandemic relief and public health, while also laying out rental protections for small businesses, higher taxes for landlords and more consumption vouchers for residents.

A government statement says the pair ‘conducted unnecessary activities’ on December 25 and 27 during what was supposed to be a period of home isolation under medical surveillance.

Housing minister Frank Chan admits that meeting pledge to supply public flat within 3 years of application might take between 10 and 20 years, prompting lawmakers to call for more precise and shorter timeline.

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The Fu family that runs KHI Holdings Group is seeking to build 28 high-rises and 140 houses on a stretch of wetlands in Yuen Long, which sits inside the new planned Northern Metropolis.

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Town planners and an advocacy group agree amendments can prevent abuses but warned against sweeping changes that could cut people’s right to object to projects.

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Long-term implications abound in address Lam promised would be ‘visionary’, though advisers say that’s no indication of whether she’ll seek second term.

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City’s biggest developers release statement saying they have not been approached by mainland Chinese officials expressing concern about Hong Kong housing issues.

‘All I can say is that the central government cares a lot about Hong Kong’s livelihood issues,’ city leader says while refusing to address ‘rumours’.