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Latest news, features and analysis on Hong Kong housing, including policy and efforts to find a solution to the problem of a shortage of homes in the world’s most expensive property market.
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Hong Kong economy
Editorial
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High marks for Hong Kong’s hotels as student accommodation
A pilot scheme to be launched next month is worth pursuing to ensure the city makes the grade as an education hub.
29 Jun 2025 - 7:45AM
Hong Kong tourism
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Hidden gems: tours unveil vanishing Hong Kong attractions
28 Jun 2025 - 9:36AM
Hong Kong
Editorial
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Every effort must be made by Hong Kong authorities to deliver flats on time
28 Jun 2025 - 6:45AM
Hong Kong environmental issues
Opinion
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No better time than a property slump to ‘future-proof’ urban Hong Kong
Genuine consultation, better communication, and policy with targets and teeth – like Singapore’s – are needed to ensure city’s sustainability.
28 Jun 2025 - 5:30AM
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Hong Kong politics
Opinion
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In seeking change, leaders must make tough choice on how hard to push
Whether it’s Trump’s optics-focused politics or Hong Kong’s cautious, pragmatic governance, modern political challenges require compromise.
27 Jun 2025 - 10:36AM
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Hong Kong property
Hong Kong home prices post tiny gain in May, raising hope of slump’s end
Prices could rise up to 5 per cent this year given improving market sentiment and low financing costs, CBRE says.
27 Jun 2025 - 11:05AM
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Education in Hong Kong
Lawmakers call for rents in Hong Kong student hostels to be regulated
Market rates for some private student hostels in Hong Kong are four times higher than for campus dormitories, Post finds.
25 Jun 2025 - 7:44AM
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Interiors
This Hong Kong family home was designed to let the sunshine in
A designer captures the movement of light through this Hung Hom family flat.
24 Jun 2025 - 12:45PM
Hong Kong property
Opinion
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Despite property market slump, Hong Kong must increase housing supply
Government should not repeat post-1997 mistake of shelving plans to increase long-term housing supply because of a temporary market dip.
24 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong
Editorial
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New law required to cover building repairs in Hong Kong
Proposal by departing head of Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority follows incidents of concrete falling from old blocks of flats.
24 Jun 2025 - 6:30AM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong housing authorities cancel contracts with firm linked to 5 site deaths
Aggressive Construction Company has now lost all six of its projects despite obtaining temporary court order to lift ban on its licence.
23 Jun 2025 - 9:44PM
Hong Kong economy
Hotel-to-hostel conversions won’t hurt tourist capacity: Hong Kong official
But leading surveyor, who calls the move ‘innovative’ and ‘pragmatic’, warns of possible hurdles.
23 Jun 2025 - 4:23PM
Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong to keep expanding land bank, but not to offset deficit: Paul Chan
Finance chief also says government will address plans to build artificial islands off Lantau waters at later stage, despite calls to halt project.
23 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM
Hong Kong property
Hong Kong shoebox flat owners urged to comply with shake-up after years of profits
Minister says subdividing flats was ‘market decision’ years ago, but low-income residents should now have homes that meet basic conditions.
22 Jun 2025 - 6:32PM
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Mainland China
Editorial
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Bill finally regulating subdivided flats in Hong Kong calls for speedy passage
Move is a step in the right direction towards eradicating substandard housing that has been a blot on the Hong Kong landscape for far too long.
21 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM
Hong Kong property
Hong Kong home market on brink of turnaround, Morgan Stanley says
‘The decline in prices is behind us,’ and the upcycle could last five years, bank’s property research head says.
20 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong property
Hong Kong subdivided flat owners ‘may pass on costs to tenants under new rules’
As city moves to legislate minimum standards, industry players also worry that more operators will exit market due to stiffer penalties.
20 Jun 2025 - 9:57PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong to relax rules for converting hotels into university student hostels
Private operators welcome ‘booster shot’ that aims to ease shortage of dormitory places, as officials say project times may be reduced by up to nine months.
20 Jun 2025 - 9:52PM
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Hong Kong presses ahead with plans to regulate notorious subdivided flats
Authorities plan to enforce proposed new laws from 2027 but registered landlords will benefit from a 36-month grace period until February 2030.
20 Jun 2025 - 12:52AM
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Hong Kong property
Buyers forfeit deposits on Grand Mayfair project after market slump
Buyers of 19 flats in Yuen Long project cancelled their contracts on Tuesday, project developers say.
19 Jun 2025 - 7:12PM
Hong Kong society
Court suspends work ban on Hong Kong contractor linked to 5 site deaths
Aggressive Construction Company will remain on government’s registered list of contractors temporarily pending a hearing on its appeal.
18 Jun 2025 - 11:48PM
Hong Kong economy
Halt Lantau reclamation plan or risk Northern Metropolis bids: developers
Louis Loong, lawmaker and Real Estate Developers Association’s secretary general, says government cannot support both megaprojects concurrently.
18 Jun 2025 - 7:27AM
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Interiors
Thailand? Indonesia? No – this rustic home is right here in Hong Kong
Hardwood HK custom built the interiors of this family home in the New Territories, creating an aesthetic reminiscent of Bali or Thailand.
17 Jun 2025 - 6:15PM
Hong Kong
Editorial
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Public housing in Hong Kong has no room for ‘lying flat’
A fair and firm policy on asset and income limits remains the best way to screen out those who are less deserving of Hong Kong’s subsidised homes.
17 Jun 2025 - 7:22AM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s shelved plan for 8,300 public flats to face 90% higher cost per home
Housing Bureau also says it expects an extra 10 months of construction due to site’s ‘complex geology’.
16 Jun 2025 - 9:29PM
Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong’s John Lee launches public consultation for fourth policy address
City leader vows focus on fostering growth and improving livelihoods amid ‘economic restructuring’.
16 Jun 2025 - 8:59PM
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Hong Kong
Future of 8,300 public flats in northern Hong Kong uncertain as work put on hold
Lawmaker Edward Lau says decision to suspend work at Fanling Area 17 site stemmed from unexpected challenges with digging foundation.
15 Jun 2025 - 8:23PM
Hong Kong society
Opinion
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Silver economy far from enough for rapidly ageing Hong Kong
Promoting economic activities catering to the elderly is welcome, but more must be done to address the issues the elderly and their carers face.
15 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM
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