https://www.scmp.com/rss/328141/feed Latifah Sat is an assistant researcher at Our Hong Kong Foundation. She has a Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence from the University of Oxford. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong has been plunged into the depths of a land and housing calamity. Citizens are living in increasingly expensive and cramped conditions. This year, Hong Kong was crowned the city with the least affordable home prices in the world for the eighth consecutive year in an international survey. An average household needs to save 19.4 years’ worth of income without other expenses to buy a flat. Even for low-income households, the average waiting time for public housing has risen to five years... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2167023/island-hope-crowded-cramped-hong-kong-huge-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2167023/island-hope-crowded-cramped-hong-kong-huge-new?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:00:30 +0000 In our big debate on where to find land in Hong Kong for affordable housing, some commentators have argued that the government should compulsorily resume large plots of private agricultural land in the New Territories, using the powers vested in it by the Lands Resumption Ordinance. They say the legislation’s sweeping powers will ensure expediency, legal clarity and a low risk of litigation. However, these commentators have overlooked the nuances of this piece of legislation. The ordinance is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2157744/basic-law-means-land-resumption-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2157744/basic-law-means-land-resumption-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Aug 2018 21:03:39 +0000