{"id":78157,"date":"2018-01-28T10:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T03:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-vancouver-too-tough-for-doing-business-other-than-being-the-ideal-retirement-place\/"},"modified":"2018-01-28T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T05:02:59","slug":"is-vancouver-too-tough-for-doing-business-other-than-being-the-ideal-retirement-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-vancouver-too-tough-for-doing-business-other-than-being-the-ideal-retirement-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Vancouver too tough for doing business, other than being the ideal retirement place?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nEconomic history turns in cruel cycles. A decades-old problem (familiar to many in Hong Kong) has finally peaked in Canada, as real estate critics and citizens who cannot afford to live in Vancouver are demanding every kind of restrictive policy against foreign buyers to control prices.<br \/>\nBut the emerging political and economic policies of the New Democratic Party-Green Party provincial government in British Columbia could actually worsen housing affordability and business development.<br \/>\nWhile the&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/commodities\/article\/2130885\/vancouver-too-tough-doing-business-other-being-ideal-retirement\" target=\"_blank\">Is Vancouver too tough for doing business, other than being the ideal retirement place?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Economic history turns in cruel cycles. 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