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CE 2021 Policy Address -Housing Issues are a Priority

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  1. #31

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    For many reasons, HK is a very attractive place in the region to park money. And property is a favoured vehicle to do so.
    One could always build millions of units asap of course and price may collapse. But I believe HK will have another problem on its hand...

    HK should follow the Singapore way of building more real affordable housing for ownership. And also impose more restrictions on property developers to improve living standards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramelec:
    she will step down in 1-2 years time and retired somewhere....
    probably divorced and in a mainland jail (like some other admin CEs before her)
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    The very essence of Hong Kong is "cramped, unaffordable housing where everyone lives on top of one another". Thats what makes HK unique with its skyscrapers, double decker buses, crowded streets, metal fences on street corners to stop people oveflowing onto the streets, etc. This is the heart of Hong Kong! Without a housing problem, HK just diminishes to become like ....... China. HK should be very grateful to have a housing problem and it would be ridiculous to try and fix it!


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    There is no shortage in land or housing in HK or most parts of the world. But there is an oversupply of greed and monopolies.

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    Don't fix it IF it ain't broken from they eye of the tycoons.


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    Proletariat FTW (again)!


    https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1445636256038195202

    Without forgetting... or is it with forgetting now...?

    https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status...48755978502146

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    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...d-china-border

    I started the buzzword bingo game but there is too much on here... Will leave it to others

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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    I started the buzzword bingo game but there is too much on here... Will leave it to others
    How about we leave it to Hemlock:
    Another white-elephant, because of course there’s always room for one more. This will be the Greater Bay Opportunities!!! Express Rail, linking Hung Shui Kiu to glamorous go-go Qianhai (presumably along a similar route to, or beneath, the Shenzhen Bay Bridge and on a bit further north to the much-hyped financial/tech/blah blah services cooperation hub-zone).
    After years of complaining about a crippling shortage of land, the government has suddenly noticed all the underutilized space along the border between Yuen Long, Lo Wu, Sheung Shui and Fanling. It says it could accommodate another half-million or so homes. The resulting contiguous ‘metropolis’ (population 2.5 million) will form some sort of integration-friendly suburb in which Hong Kong’s Deep North can merge seamlessly into Shenzhen. All the signage will be in simplified characters and Pinyin, and facial-recognition robots will patrol the streets ensuring children aren’t playing online games.
    https://www.biglychee.com/2021/10/07...olicy-address/

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramelec:
    Don't fix it IF it ain't broken from they eye of the tycoons.
    "Dont fix what IS broken and benefits ME" - all Tycoons

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    A ghost train from nowheresville NT to Qianhai...lol