South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 1 hrs ago
✦ 75◉ Centre
Hong Kong housing: small shoebox flat wins not enough to fix big issues
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Hong Kong's housing crisis remains a critical livelihood issue despite government efforts to eliminate subdivided flats and cage homes, with expert commentary suggesting political stability alone cannot solve the underlying structural housing problems.
Hong Kong housing: small shoebox flat wins not enough to fix big issues
The Reverend Canon Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming was blunt when he said, “Once there are no political issues, everything in Hong Kong is a livelihood issue.” He was also correct.
Housing is this city’s biggest livelihood issue. It is also the hardest to tackle by far. The current administration has probably done more in this area than previous ones.
Since Beijing’s top official for Hong Kong affairs Xia Baolong directly called for the eradication of subdivided flats and cage homes in 2021, the...
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