https://www.scmp.com/rss/512071/feed Alexis Wong is a retired listed company senior executive with over 30 years of experience in the financial industry (banking, investment, corporate finance and securities dealing) and five years in the hospitality industry. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Building up long-term land supply for affordable housing and commercial use requires looking beyond the high-density hub around Victoria Harbour. A paradigm shift in planning, encompassing the Northern Metropolis development and beyond, has been taking shape in recent years. This will achieve a better development balance between the north and south of the city – in terms of job opportunities, land prices and transport – improve livability and integrate Hong Kong more organically into the Greater... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3219812/how-hong-kongs-artificial-islands-project-can-tell-citys-story-well?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3219812/how-hong-kongs-artificial-islands-project-can-tell-citys-story-well?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2023 00:15:07 +0000 Attempts to solve Hong Kong’s long-standing housing shortage problem have so far fallen short. In the hope of addressing this issue once and for all, we propose a new kind of home ownership scheme aimed at rebalancing the public and private housing supplies – and ultimately ensuring residents’ right to adequate housing, as recognised by the United Nations. Apartments under our “New Home Ownership Scheme” (NHOS) would be priced without land premiums being factored in, and instead, according to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194901/turbocharge-home-ownership-hong-kong-needs-new-subsidised-housing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194901/turbocharge-home-ownership-hong-kong-needs-new-subsidised-housing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Oct 2022 22:45:06 +0000 Hong Kong’s long-lamented housing shortage and cramped living spaces, particularly acute in subdivided flats, are the root of most of our social and health problems. The fifth wave of Covid-19 has found more of its victims in multistorey estates and overladen elderly homes in urban neighbourhoods than in the less-densely-populated areas. With Beijing’s support, Hong Kong has put up some 3,000 prefabricated isolation and treatment cubicles, with about 10,000 beds, across five locations in the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3171810/how-makeshift-isolation-hospitals-can-offer-temporary-solution-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3171810/how-makeshift-isolation-hospitals-can-offer-temporary-solution-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:15:20 +0000 People are still debating the relative merits of the “zero Covid” and “living with Covid” approaches. Hong Kong has pursued the “zero Covid” path in alignment with mainland China but has failed to achieve the same results. The city’s public health system has been stretched to capacity during the fifth wave, raising questions about what is lacking in our strategy. China’s “dynamic zero Covid” strategy involves the timely identification of Covid-19 cases, regardless of whether they display... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3170058/how-hong-kong-can-improve-contact-tracing-achieve-zero-covid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3170058/how-hong-kong-can-improve-contact-tracing-achieve-zero-covid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Mar 2022 22:45:23 +0000