{"id":76074,"date":"2018-01-09T07:03:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T00:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-stock-how-the-hong-kong-government-can-deliver-more-affordable-housing\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T01:02:59","slug":"taking-stock-how-the-hong-kong-government-can-deliver-more-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-stock-how-the-hong-kong-government-can-deliver-more-affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking stock: how the Hong Kong government can deliver more affordable housing"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAt the beginning of the year, it is timely to take stock of progress over the past 12 months and to identify and prioritise the challenges and issues that need to be addressed in the year ahead. None more so than in the case of the Hong Kong property sector, and in particular, the residential market, regarded by many as the ultimate barometer of the health of the wider economy.
\nObviously, 2017 was much influenced by the changing of the guard \u2013 the election of a new Chief Executive and the…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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