{"id":124737,"date":"2022-02-27T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T09:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/coronavirus-hong-kong-finance-chief-calls-for-solidarity-as-he-asks-big-landlords-to-offer-rental-aid-to-struggling-tenants\/"},"modified":"2022-02-27T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:03:03","slug":"coronavirus-hong-kong-finance-chief-calls-for-solidarity-as-he-asks-big-landlords-to-offer-rental-aid-to-struggling-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/coronavirus-hong-kong-finance-chief-calls-for-solidarity-as-he-asks-big-landlords-to-offer-rental-aid-to-struggling-tenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Hong Kong: finance chief calls for \u2018solidarity\u2019 as he asks big landlords to offer rental aid to struggling tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s financial chief weighed in on discussions on whether developers and big landlords should offer rental aid to struggling tenants, saying on Sunday they should provide \u201cbreathing space\u201d to help businesses ride out the fifth wave of Covid-19 infections.Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po\u2019s appeal came a day after Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor urged developers \u201cto ramp up their battle against the pandemic by giving rental waivers to the affected tenants and relieving their\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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