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A potential homebuyer looks at a scale model of a subsidised housing estate. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong housing

How 2 coming Hong Kong policies aim to promote subsidised flat turnover

Schemes, which launch in September, will allow owners to lease properties without paying premiums and offer elderly households flat-for-flat swap.

Hong Kong society

Housing authorities expand use of smart technologies to support elderly

Hong Kong society

Donald Liao, architect who shaped Hong Kong’s housing landscape, dies at 96

Hong Kong housing

Opinion | Hong Kong must fix Tenants Purchase Scheme’s flaws before any relaunch

The public housing sale scheme for tenants was a bold experiment that delivered partial success but left thorny problems.

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Lam Tin Estate seen on September 15. According to a survey on the government’s re-launch of the Tenants Purchase Scheme conducted by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong in July and August, 276 residents in Lam Tin Estate said they would definitely buy their rented flats, making up 90 per cent of respondents: the highest purchase intention among all estates. Photo: Eugene Lee
Accidents and personal safety

Faulty appliance sparks fire at Hong Kong housing estate, prompting 300 to flee

Fire at Lam Wai House in Lam Tin Estate triggered by a short circuit in an electrical appliance.

Hong Kong

On This Day | ‘Disastrous’: Hong Kong eyes demolishing housing blocks in 1985 – SCMP archive

On November 21, 1985, Housing Authority issued plan that aimed to evacuate 17,000 families over four years in infamous ‘26 blocks scandal’.

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong’s Housing Authority to boost subsidised flats size, relax resale rules

Frrom the next batch, restriction period for owners to sell homes in open market after paying land premium will change from 15 years to 10.

The Housing Authority will consider offering larger subsidised flats when housing supply becomes relatively sufficient. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Hong Kong must crack down on public housing abuse with compassion

Households with genuine difficulties, such as mental health crises, are all the more reason for the government to adopt a sensitive approach.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong must ensure its elderly age with dignity and care

As the main provider of housing for the elderly, the government must set a benchmark for residential flat developments to fight isolation.

Hong Kong society

Waiting time for Hong Kong public rental flat rises slightly to 5.4 years

Increase in second quarter of 2025 from 5.3 years in the first three months of the year comes despite significant drop in number of applications.

Public housing is constructed in Kwu Tung North Area 19 in the northern New Territories. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong urged to use technology to identify, support at-risk elderly residents

Gaps in city’s social safety net highlighted following discovery of elderly woman’s skeletal remains, the second case in three months.

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Lam Hau-chai, 94, at her home in Shek Hei House, Shek Lei (II) Estate, Kwai Chung. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong courts

Court blocks Hong Kong violin teacher’s bid to fight eviction from public flat

Tang Wai-yin denied permission to lodge a judicial review over Housing Authority’s decision to repossess flat.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to consider giving baby bonuses to talent scheme parents

Welfare minister Chris Sun says more than HK$900 million in such rewards have been given out to encourage childbearing since 2023.

Hong Kong housing

Video | Wah Fu Estate: Hong Kong's iconic public housing legacy

Wah Fu Estate will undergo a phased demolition, with its 18 blocks and 9,000 households gradually vacated by 2035, marking the end of a significant chapter in Hong Kong's history  

Wartime history and unexplained deity figures: the untold stories of Wah Fu Estate
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LGBTQ

Letters | Equal marriage is not a break from Hong Kong tradition

Readers discuss legal protection for same-sex relationships, the morality of denying human rights to some in our community, the power of the word ‘spouse’, and how to make the city’s steps safer.

A couple hold hands during an event to raise awareness of gay rights in Hong Kong on May 25, 2019, one day after Taiwan made history with the first legal same-sex weddings in Asia. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Public housing in Hong Kong has no room for ‘lying flat’

A fair and firm policy on asset and income limits remains the best way to screen out those who are less deserving of Hong Kong’s subsidised homes.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong government staff among 57 food poisoning cases at restaurant

Department of Health says 40 Housing Authority staff among three food poisoning clusters linked to Golden Lilies International Banquet Hall.

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Architecture and design

The design secrets of Hong Kong’s private housing estates

These residential complexes may look identical, but new book Cities of Repetition unveils their distinct architectural identities – from Mei Foo Sun Chuen to Sha Tin’s City One.

A section of Whampoa Garden apartment complex as seen from above in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong housing

Explainer | Hong Kong sales of 2024 subsidised flats unveiled, but is deal sweet enough?

7,132 subsidised flats up for grabs, with a 30 per cent discount, but both figures down on last year’s release.

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong could adjust public-to-subsidised housing ratio to help young own flats

Housing Authority member Anthony Chiu suggests changing ratio from 70-30 to 50-50 amid trend of more educated singles applying for rental flats.

Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Rent rise for Hong Kong public housing reasonable if system is to be viable

The Hong Kong Housing Authority has to maintain healthy finances to fulfil its mission, while striking a balance with economic circumstances and public affordability.

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People walk by Hong Kong’s Shek Kip Mei Estate. Public housing rents in the city are set to increase by up to 10 per cent from October. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Rent rises required to build more Hong Kong housing

The Housing Authority will need more money if the Hong Kong government is to meet its accommodation targets for the less well-off.

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The Hong Kong Housing Authority has signalled the need for rent increases, despite an overall surplus of HK$15 billion. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | Hong Kong needs smarter biodiversity management, from trees to wetlands

Better tree management, amid more extreme weather, starts with a comprehensive tree database. A similar database for animals is needed, especially to judge the Northern Metropolis’ wetlands conservation efforts.

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Trending in Hong Kong

‘Stop dreaming!’: IKEA splits opinion with public housing show flat window view

An online debate has been triggered after a Hong Kong man slammed the Swedish furniture giant IKEA for using Hong Kong public housing blocks instead of beautiful scenery in the window views of its mockup showrooms.

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Chinachem Sustainability Conference

Chinachem conference explores sustainable development in the community

The annual sustainability conference brought together heavyweight speakers and more than 1,700 attendees to explore how public and private sectors can collaborate on decarbonisation.

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Chinachem Group organised the Chinachem Group Sustainability Conference, a hybrid event that attracted more than 1,700 participants, of which about 500 attended in person. Photo: Chinachem Group
Hong Kong economy

Academics propose Hong Kong public housing swap between working age and elderly

Think tank’s green paper proposes public housing swap between retired and working age to bring workers closer to city centre.

Academic think tank calls for public housing swaps between the retired living close to the centre of the city and people of working age who have to commute. Photo: Felix Wong
Business of climate change

How a US firm is helping to cut carbon footprint of buildings in Hong Kong

Penetron’s products can be used directly in the concrete mixture or applied to the surface of existing concrete infrastructures.

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Hong Kong housing

Exclusive | Hong Kong will raise interest rates, finance chief says ahead of expected US hike

Paul Chan says prime rate increase in Hong Kong is expected in coming months, but scale and pace need not follow US Fed’s move.

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