{"id":100160,"date":"2018-10-19T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-outclasses-hong-kong-when-it-comes-to-minimum-home-size\/"},"modified":"2018-10-19T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:03:00","slug":"singapore-outclasses-hong-kong-when-it-comes-to-minimum-home-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-outclasses-hong-kong-when-it-comes-to-minimum-home-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore outclasses Hong Kong when it comes to minimum home size"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSingapore, which is smaller than Hong Kong in land area, is seemingly more generous when it comes to minimum standards for living space.
\nThe city state puts Hong Kong to shame with minimum home sizes in the private market that are three times larger, or 915 sq ft, compared with the 300 sq ft stipulated by Hong Kong\u2019s Urban Renewal Authority.
\nYet, Hong Kong\u2019s tiniest flats start at 123 sq ft \u2013 less than the size of a car park space \u2013 prompting some to call on Chief…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Singapore outclasses Hong Kong when it comes to minimum home size<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Singapore, which is smaller than Hong Kong in land area, is seemingly more generous when...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-q3u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50578,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rise-of-the-215-sq-ft-home-as-hong-kong-price-boom-squeezes-buyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":100160,"position":0},"title":"Rise of the 215 sq ft home as Hong Kong price boom squeezes buyers","date":"March 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Developers in Hong Kong have built more micro-flats \u2013 215 sq ft or below \u2013 in the past four years than any other sized homes, according to official figures, and the trend is likely to continue. 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