{"id":101990,"date":"2018-12-04T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T04:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-hong-kongs-transitional-housing-scheme-help-hongkongers-own-a-home\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:03:29","slug":"can-hong-kongs-transitional-housing-scheme-help-hongkongers-own-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-hong-kongs-transitional-housing-scheme-help-hongkongers-own-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Hong Kong\u2019s transitional housing scheme help Hongkongers own a home?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Hong Kong government announced in its policy address in October that a new industrial building revitalisation scheme will be launched. It will give the green light to the conversion of industrial buildings to transitional housing premises without requiring a waiver fee to be paid. On November 26, the Town Planning Board announced that transitional housing, coordinated by a task force under the Transport and Housing Bureau, will be allowed in wholesale-converted industrial buildings for no…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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