Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong on December 7, 2021. Enduring assumptions about the city’s population growth are now moot. Photo: Bloomberg
Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong on December 7, 2021. Enduring assumptions about the city’s population growth are now moot. Photo: Bloomberg
Paul Stapleton
Opinion

Opinion

Paul Stapleton

Is it wise to proceed with the Northern Metropolis and Lantau Tomorrow when Hong Kong’s population is set to decline?

  • The housing shortage is severe now and solutions are needed. But expensive projects that take over a decade to realise must be assessed against Hong Kong’s very low birth and immigration rates

Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong on December 7, 2021. Enduring assumptions about the city’s population growth are now moot. Photo: Bloomberg
Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong on December 7, 2021. Enduring assumptions about the city’s population growth are now moot. Photo: Bloomberg
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