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Carrie Lam policy address 2020

A general view of Kai Tak residential sites listed for sale by the government on September 29. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion | Why Hong Kong’s Kai Tak monorail plan needs to be revived

The area is ill-served by the existing transport system, even as more residential projects are coming up. A state-of-the-art sports stadium is expected to draw crowds to the area soon. A solution to current and future traffic problems must be found.

  • The area is ill-served by the existing transport system, even as more residential projects are coming up
  • A state-of-the-art sports stadium is expected to draw crowds to the area soon. A solution to current and future traffic problems must be found

Why housing was not Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s biggest headache

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Letters | Now more than ever, Hong Kong needs an archives law

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Editorial | Stamp duty rise on stock transactions a price worth paying

Move criticised by some Hong Kong lawmakers will add new revenue at a time of record deficits, be a direct tax on the rich, and may also help lower market volatility.

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Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po at a press conference after the delivery of the 2021-22 budget. Photo: Sam Tsang

Letters | Time to look at the fine print on zero-carbon future

In the global race for green technology, the ability to manage and research renewable energy is key. Hong Kong must catch up or risk losing its competitiveness

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Editorial | Post-virus property landscape must be taken into account

With Covid-19 emptying Hong Kong’s offices and shops, forcing down rents, there is need to take a long, hard look at planned developments and those already under construction

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Editorial | Public expects Legco to follow due process

Hong Kong’s leader may think life will be a lot easier without an effective opposition in the legislature, but the pro-Beijing camp can expect to be held accountable if it passes unpopular bills.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor during a question and answer session at the Legislative Council. Photo: Sam Tsang

Lawmakers urge city leader to step up fight against Covid-19, help for residents

The remarks came as the Legislative Council debated the passage of a formal motion of thanks for the chief executive’s policy address, a traditional symbolic gesture.

How the small-house policy has fed Hong Kong’s housing crisis

The long history of the policy does not make it any less feudal and selfish, particularly when more than 120,000 households are struggling in inadequate housing.

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Concrete Analysis | How Hong Kong can resolve its land supply, housing shortage in next decade

Slow progress todate suggests the government needs to step up the efficiency and effectiveness of its land resumption practices to spur land supply and public housing developments.

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General view of public housing project Queen's Hill House by Hong Kong Housing Authority in Fanling. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong shop owners seek higher prices after double stamp duty repeal

Hong Kong shop owners are more likely to stand firm on asking prices, as they expect investors to flood the market after the city scrapped the double stamp duty for non-residential property, investors and property agents said.

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Shop owners are using the double stamp duty repeal to sell shops in less popular areas and to buy those in more profitable ones. Photo: Winson Wong

Tourism revamp for Hong Kong’s south coast full of hope and potential pitfalls

The city leader’s recent pledge to tap more tourism dollars in an area long defined by its maritime traditions has stirred excitement in some and trepidation in others. Past mistakes with similar projects hold clues to success, critics say.

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How policy address history explains Hong Kong’s present struggles

The changes in the number of references to democracy, consensus, youth and inequality in policy addresses since the handover reveal that our leaders have abysmal political reflexes, are elitist and have failed to translate talk into action.

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Letters | Why Hong Kong needs its nano flats, poor conditions or not

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Hong Kong’s residential buildings gleam in the twilight in Wong Tai Sin on Kowloon. Hong Kong has for years held the dubious distinction of being world’s least affordable housing market. Photo: Sun Yeung

Letters | How legislators can help heal rift with Hong Kong’s youth

Legislators’ effusive praise for the chief executive’s policy address did not accurately reflect public dissatisfaction with the annual blueprint. Lawmakers should communicate with the youth to improve policymaking and restore confidence in Legco.

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Hong Kong lawmakers listen as Hong Kong’s 2020 policy address is delivered in the Legislative Council chamber on November 25. The empty seats on the left are where the pan-democratic camp used to be seated. Photo: Dickson Lee

Asian Angle | Why Hong Kong’s young people can be trusted with the city’s future

The city needs economic diversification, and young Hongkongers can play an active part in its development through sharing the responsibility for change.

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Opinion | Build trust, avoid politics to get Hong Kong youth to work on mainland

Those who want to work on the mainland will go, but the government should not expect a one-off policy to resolve anti-mainland sentiment among Hong Kong youths. Young people need to know the benefits and risks of working on the mainland.

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Editorial | Tough road ahead for Bauhinia Party

If the new political grouping is to make an impact in Hong Kong it must explain its policies and how it is different from existing Beijing-friendly factions

Interview with co-founder of the Bauhinia Party, Charles Wong Chau-chi in his office at Cyberport. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Letters | Greater Bay Area jobs will mean brain gain for Hong Kong

Young Hongkongers who work in mainland China will come back richer in experience, as the tens of thousands who have worked and lived in the Greater Bay Area have found. Mainland work experience is an asset

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Time for Hong Kong to get serious about becoming a carbon-neutral city

Working on the goal of carbon neutrality as a shared community project, one that sees the Hong Kong government truly engaging with voices from all parts of society, could be a powerful way of rebuilding trust in a divided city.

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Hundreds from Hong Kong, Macau apply for Shenzhen civil service openings

The positions in mainland China pay less than local government posts, but pro-establishment figures call it a ‘golden opportunity’ to build networks.

People walk up the steps at a border-crossing facility leading into Shenzhen. Photo: Bloomberg

Editorial | Some light at end of tunnel for city with vaccine pledge by Carrie Lam

As infections continue to rise in the fourth Covid-19 wave, news that the first batches are on their way is welcome, but vigilance still remains key in fight

Hong Kong's Chief Executive announced deals to provide Covid-19 vaccines for the city's 7.5 million residents. Photo: SCMP

Opinion | Carrie Lam has no hope of restoring Hong Kong’s international image

The world now sees Hong Kong as a city that limits free speech, restricts protests, reins in the media, crushes the opposition with waves of arrests, and freezes bank accounts, all in the name of national security.

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More than 500 subsidised Hong Kong homes remain unsold in a first since 2016

Some 523 of 3,710 flats in Tsing Yi and Chai Wan found no takers even after they were offered at 51 per cent off the market price

Concrete Analysis | Policy support, Covid-19 vaccines make Hong Kong property a good bet in 2021

Faster approval processes, the need for more transitional housing and exploiting the Greater Bay Area advantages will be good for Hong Kong in the long run.

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Mass-market transactions suggest the appetite for property has not diminished in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Letters | Four ways to walk the talk on a zero-carbon Hong Kong by 2050

The government’s carbon neutrality pledge must be incorporated into various aspects of development planning. Hong Kong must aim for a green recovery, develop renewables and take much-needed action, instead of conducting even more studies.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam poses for photographs with copies of her policy address, during a news conference in Hong Kong on November 25. Her fourth policy blueprint set out strategies and proposals to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Photo: Bloomberg

About half of Hongkongers say city and Shenzhen more likely to compete: poll

Chinese University survey also finds about two-thirds of respondents believe Shenzhen cannot replace Hong Kong as a finance hub.

New World Development taps double stamp duty cut, puts office tower on sale

Hong Kong conglomerate New World Development (NWD) is selling a grade A, 28-storey office building in the city’s first commercial property sale after it withdrew double stamp duty on non-residential property last month.

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