https://www.scmp.com/rss/309433/feed Charles Chan is the managing director of Savills Valuation ad Professional Services. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The complaint from a young legislative Council member over lack of space for intimacy arouses hot debate on housing supply again. Paul Chan Mo-po, the secretary for development, repeatedly urges support to the government’s initiatives to supply more land for housing development. Strictly speaking, land supply should never be a problem in Hong Kong as no more than 20 per cent of the territory is developed. The essence of the problem is land use planning as more than half of the area of Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2039681/using-hong-kongs-country-parks-may-be-one-way-solve-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2039681/using-hong-kongs-country-parks-may-be-one-way-solve-its?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:01:38 +0000 The government recently determined it would proceed with a plan for the development of the Northeast New Territories (NENT). The plan takes into account comments from developers and private land owners who had urged the government to allow them to participate in the development process. But this is only a first step and there is still a long road ahead before the plan materialises. Given Hong Kong's expanding population and people's quest for better living environments, demand for housing will... https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1302666/we-must-reform-how-we-price-land-we-need-new-homes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1302666/we-must-reform-how-we-price-land-we-need-new-homes?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +0000