Tight supply: A pedestrian walks past residential buildings at the Metro Town development in Hong Kong. Residential use accounted for just 6.9 of Hong Kong’s roughly 111,100 ha of land in 2016. — Bloomberg
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leaders are leaving no stone unturned in their quest to unlock more land for homes.
Golf courses, amusement parks and container ports are all being studied as sources of potential land supply by chief executive Carrie Lam’s government, which is seeking ways to solve a chronic housing shortage.
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