{"id":115929,"date":"2020-04-29T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/coronavirus-disrupts-hong-kongs-property-industry-as-construction-on-90-per-cent-of-projects-delayed\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T08:02:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T01:02:54","slug":"coronavirus-disrupts-hong-kongs-property-industry-as-construction-on-90-per-cent-of-projects-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/coronavirus-disrupts-hong-kongs-property-industry-as-construction-on-90-per-cent-of-projects-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus disrupts Hong Kong\u2019s property industry as construction on 90 per cent of projects delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Covid-19 outbreak has thrown a spanner in the works of Hong Kong\u2019s property industry. The delivery of at least 1,900 homes to buyers will be delayed, while some developers risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in booking sales, as the pandemic disrupts construction activity in the city due to supply shocks and a slow down in government approvals.The completion date for Wheelock Properties\u2019 Malibu project in Lohas Park, Emperor International\u2019s Seaside Castle in Tuen Mun and a joint\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3081897\/covid-19-disrupts-hong-kongs-property-industry-construction-90-cent\" target=\"_blank\">Coronavirus disrupts Hong Kong\u2019s property industry as construction on 90 per cent of projects delayed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Covid-19 outbreak has thrown a spanner in the works of Hong Kong\u2019s property industry.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-115929","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-u9P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":118002,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-loss-making-hotels-seek-complete-rates-exemption-as-coronavirus-crushes-tourism-industry\/","url_meta":{"origin":115929,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s loss-making hotels seek complete rates exemption as coronavirus crushes tourism industry","date":"July 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s beleaguered hotel owners are pressing the government to waive rates for the next three quarters up to March, pointing out that they are running at a loss because of the coronavirus outbreak that has seen tourist numbers to the city plummet nearly 100 per cent.The Federation of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115841,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-developers-scale-back-project-launches-slow-down-construction-as-demand-dries-up-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak\/","url_meta":{"origin":115929,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong developers scale back project launches, slow down construction as demand dries up due to coronavirus outbreak","date":"April 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The coronavirus outbreak is telling on Hong Kong\u2019s property market. 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