{"id":119492,"date":"2020-12-09T07:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-guest-houses-happy-to-join-governments-transitional-homes-scheme-to-stay-afloat-during-covid-19-crisis\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T01:04:14","slug":"hong-kongs-guest-houses-happy-to-join-governments-transitional-homes-scheme-to-stay-afloat-during-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-guest-houses-happy-to-join-governments-transitional-homes-scheme-to-stay-afloat-during-covid-19-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s guest houses happy to join government\u2019s transitional homes scheme to stay afloat during Covid-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSteve Chan is keen on offering his guest houses in Hong Kong\u2019s Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district to the city as transitional housing to overcome the biggest crisis he has ever faced in 35 years of business.His company, Man Hing Lung Hotel, owns and operates 30 rooms across six guest houses in Mirador Mansion. The rooms are usually full, taken up by tourists looking for cheap accommodation.There are about 100 guest houses in Mirador Mansion offering 1,000 rooms. \u201cOn this floor alone, there are 100\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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