{"id":65306,"date":"2017-09-03T16:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T09:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-people-can-find-solutions-for-the-mess-they-created-in-housing-and-wealth-gap\/"},"modified":"2017-09-03T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T09:30:51","slug":"hong-kong-people-can-find-solutions-for-the-mess-they-created-in-housing-and-wealth-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-people-can-find-solutions-for-the-mess-they-created-in-housing-and-wealth-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong people can find solutions for the mess they created in housing and wealth gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s new 30-member Task Force on Land Supply appointed by the government could be a predictable farce in the making, because it will chase the usual ineffective solutions by refusing to confront the true, controversial problems of what ails the city\u2019s housing and property.<br \/>\nThe word \u201cSupply\u201d suggests they will not be challenging the demand-side problems. The task force is made up of urban planning professionals and representatives from social housing, environment,&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/2109532\/hong-kong-people-can-find-solutions-mess-they-created\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong people can find solutions for the mess they created in housing and wealth gap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s new 30-member Task Force on Land Supply appointed by the government could be&#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-65306","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-gZk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92416,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-public-private-partnership-approach-solve-housing-shortage-in-hong-kong\/","url_meta":{"origin":65306,"position":0},"title":"Will public-private partnership approach solve housing shortage in Hong Kong?","date":"June 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r With land shortage plaguing Hong Kong, the Task Force on Land Supply launched a five-month public consultation to tackle the issue in late April. 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