{"id":38526,"date":"2016-12-19T06:32:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T23:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-hong-kongs-chief-executive-candidates-pass-the-property-policy-test\/"},"modified":"2016-12-19T06:40:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T23:40:38","slug":"can-hong-kongs-chief-executive-candidates-pass-the-property-policy-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-hong-kongs-chief-executive-candidates-pass-the-property-policy-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive candidates pass the property policy test?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cWhen men stop believing in God they don\u2019t believe in nothing. They believe in anything,\u201d said G.K. Chesterton.
\nHe was talking about modern man\u2019s insipid focus on self leading to the belief that self is God and self-fulfilment is the path to the true and only heaven. Forget work ethics and virtues.
\nThat must be the only way to explain how Hong Kong\u2019 private real estate developers justify their practices.
\nThere\u2019s an Apple Daily video floating about on Facebook…
\n
\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Can Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive candidates pass the property policy test?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen men stop believing in God they don\u2019t believe in nothing. 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