Property News · August 3, 2017

China can learn from Hong Kong’s ‘rail plus property’ model to ease its urbanisation headaches


The urbanisation of China is facing a critical challenge: how to fit 1.05 billion people into metropolitan areas. And Hong Kong might offer the solution.
Statistics show there were more than 770 million city dwellers in China by 2016, or 57.35 per cent of its total population. That number will surge to 1.05 billion by 2030. Though it is a positive indicator of country’s development, it could cause headaches for urban planners.
The growing urban sprawl in China has brought increased use of…

Source : South China Morning Post
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