Download or read book Privatisation and the Long Term Housing Strategy in Hong Kong written by Steve Kwok-Leung Chan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Privatizing Public Housing written by Yue-Chim Richard Wong and published by Hong Kong Economic Policy Stud. This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half of the people of Hong Kong live in heavily subsidized public housing and many are still waiting to be accommodated. This study shows that, unfortunately, the public housing programme has failed to meet basic objectives of efficiency and equity. Considering political consequences, economic benefits, equity effects, social impact and moral dimensions, the author ponders over the issues of privatization.
Download or read book Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People written by Yue Chim Richard Wong and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hong Kong is one of the world’s most densely populated cities. Land supply, property values, and housing provision are inextricably linked with the city’s economic growth and questions of economic equality. In Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People, Yue Chim Richard Wong traces the history of Hong Kong’s postwar housing policy. He then discusses current housing problems and their solutions, drawing on examples from around the world. Wong argues that housing policy in Hong Kong, with its multiple, often incompatible objectives, and its focus on supply over demand, can no longer satisfy the needs of a diverse and dynamic population. He recommends three simple low-cost policies to promote homeownership and social mobility: sell public rental housing units to the sitting tenants; make subsidized homes more affordable; and reform the public housing program along lines adopted in Singapore, where government-built housing may be resold or leased in a free market. This is the second of Richard Wong’s collections of articles on society and economy in Hong Kong. The first, Diversity and Occasional Anarchy, published by Hong Kong University Press in 2013, examines the growing contradictions in Hong Kong’s economy predicament in historical context.
Download or read book Hong Kong s Long Term Housing Strategy written by Kar-Tung Ronnie Chan and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Hong Kong's Long-term Housing Strategy: an Analysis of the New Rent and Home Ownership Policy" by Kar-tung, Ronnie, Chan, 陳家棟, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: newspaper clippings, and literature on social science. In order to have first hand information, I have requested the Housing Branch, political parties and the PCPHP, to provide me with relevant information for the study.17 The specific purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between social and housing policy, the development of housing policy in Hong Kong, the influence of the different actors, the true meaning of housing, as well as the characteristics between different forms of tenure and their respective advantages and disadvantages. Attempts will be made to answer the following questions: a) Which is the best form of housing tenure for Hong Kong? b) Should housing policy be market driven? c) Will the measures of LTHSR be effective to achieving the desired goals? d) Will public participation be a better choice in making housing policy in Hong Kong? Plan for the Chapters This chapter has specified the research problem and presented the background, purpose, and significance of the study findings. The following chapter will present a review of the literature and the pertinent theoretical concepts related to the research. Chapter 3 describes the evolution of the housing policy from the then fragmented, ad hoc, centralised to the one of consultative, quasi-centralised and market oriented in nature. Chapter 4 analyses the views of the actors such as pressure groups and political parties and their influences on policy-making. Chapter 5 presents an assessment of the LTHSR in relation to the rationale and ideology of the government and examine the feasibility of the new rent policy. Chapter 6 concludes the findings of the research and presents recommendations for future references. 11 DOI: 10.5353/th_b3025204 Subjects: Public housing - China - Hong Kong - Rent Home ownership - Government policy - China - Hong Kong Housing policy - China - Hong Kong Housing policy Public housing - Rent Home ownership - Government policy
Download or read book Hong Kong s Housing Policy written by Betty Yung and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines housing policy in Hong Kong using a new and unique interdisciplinary approach – combining the philosophical discussion on social justice with policy and housing studies. It considers both Western and Chinese concepts of social justice, and investigates the role of social justice in a public policy such as housing. As a philosophical treatise on social administration, the book will be of interest to philosophy, public administration, and housing studies academics and students of all countries. Since Hong Kong represents a very special case with massive governmental intervention into the housing market, housing professionals and policy makers will find the analysis of Hong Kong's housing policy useful.
Download or read book Hong Kong s Long term Housing Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Uncorrected OCR) newspaper clippings, and literature on social science. In order to have first hand information, I have requested the Housing Branch, political parties and the PCPHP, to provide me with relevant information for the study. 17 The specific purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between social and housing policy, the development of housing policy in Hong Kong, the influence of the different actors, the true meaning of housing, as well as the characteristics between different forms of tenure and their respective advantages and disadvantages. Attempts will be made to answer the following questions: a) Which is the best form of housing tenure for Hong Kong? b) Should housing policy be market driven? c) Will the measures of LTHSR be effective to achieving the desired goals? d) Will public participation be a better choice in making housing policy in Hong Kong? Plan for the Chapters This chapter has specified the research problem and presented the background, purpose, and significance of the study findings. The following chapter will present a review of the literature and the pertinent theoretical concepts related to the research. Chapter 3 describes the evolution of the housing policy from the then fragmented, ad hoc, centralised to the one of consultative, quasi-centralised and market oriented in nature. Chapter 4 analyses the views of the actors such as pressure groups and political parties and their influences on policy-making. Chapter 5 presents an assessment of the LTHSR in relation to the rationale and ideology of the government and examine the feasibility of the new rent policy. Chapter 6 concludes the findings of the research and presents recommendations for future references. 11.
Download or read book Housing in Hong Kong written by Yue-man Yeung and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China s Housing Reform and Outcomes written by Joyce Yanyun Man and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2011 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth volume explains China's residential construction boom and reviews how some established trends are likely to challenge its housing market in coming years. It draws on household surveys and public data in China and provides important lessons about housing policy for China and other countries.
Download or read book To Study the Social Implications of Home Ownership in Hong Kong written by Siu-Wai Chan and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "To Study the Social Implications of Home Ownership in Hong Kong" by Siu-wai, Chan, 陳小惠, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Home ownership has been recognized by many academic researchers as the preferable tenure compared with renting. As extolled by many policy decision makers, the benefits of home owning against renting received substantial benefits which has tangible constructive profitable impacts such as capital appreciation and intangible benefits such as life contentment, social stability, security of tenure, raised self-esteem, sense of belongings, civic participation, improved physical health and better child outcomes. In fact, few studies havebeen conducted in a Chinese society whether these perceived benefits are also confessed by home owners or potential buyers. Given the strong empirical studies in Western countries, it gives particular interest to explore further and undertake research pertaining to social benefits of home ownership in Hong Kong to ascertain the benefits derived. In Hong Kong, home ownership was promoted by the government since the Long Term Housing Strategy in 1987. However, government had re-positioned its home ownership policy after the Asian Financial Crisisin 1997.Government clarified that the housing objectives would focus on provision of public rental housing to low income group and at the same time minimize its intervention in the private property market by maintaining adequate land supply to sustain an unprejudiced and steady operating atmosphere in the private property market. In fact, the housing policy was shifted from public-led to market-led approach. The Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands released a Statement on Housing Policy with nine measures were introduced to stablilize the housing market including suspension of production and sale of HOS flats indefinitely and sale of government land can only be applied through the application list. As such, people's aspiration for home ownership was destructed due to shortage of housing supply and the aggregate demand for home ownership had pushed up the housing price which falls outside most people's affordability. This paper attempts to explore if social implications of home ownership would have impact on one's willingness to become home owner by comparison between two target groups of respondents including home owner and renter. The result of the survey and individual interview indicate that home ownership not only brings individual benefits to home owners or potential buyers such as personal fulfillment, wealth accumulation and life satisfaction but also generates societal benefits of maintaining stability, supportive to government and strengthening sense of belonging to the society. It is worthwhile and justified for the Hong Kong Government to accord top priority to materialize people's desire for home ownership of its spillover individual and social benefits. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5334540 Subjects: Home ownership - Social aspects - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book written by Frank Joseph Shulman and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A descriptively annotated, multidisciplinary, cross-referenced and extensively indexed guide to 2,395 dissertations that are concerned either in whole or in part with Hong Kong and with Hong Kong Chinese students and emigres throughout the world.
Download or read book Long Term Housing Strategy written by Hong Kong and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evaluative Analysis of the Long Term Housing Strategy in Hong Kong written by Shing-Kwong Eric Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong written by James Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this volume examines the issue that, in the last two decades, the housing system in Hong Kong has witnessed a slow but consistent transition from a tenure dominated by public rental housing to one dominated by private home ownership. This book seeks to explain the unique social organization of home ownership in contemporary Hong Kong. Specifically, the book deals with the genesis of home ownership from three areas: housing histories, family culture and capital gains from home transactions. It is agreed that extreme deprivations in housing conditions in early lives, a strong family culture of mutual help as well as unprecedented capital gains, all contribute towards explaining the complex nature of home ownership growth. In conclusion the book suggests that with China regaining sovereignty after July 1997, the social organization of home ownership will be further complicated by more internal migrations from other parts of China, making housing problems even more acute.
Download or read book An Evaluation of Tenant Purchase Scheme Tps written by 施宏楚 and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "An Evaluation of Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS): the Right Model Towards Sustainable Housing in Hong Kong Through Privatization?" by 施宏楚, Wang-cho, James, Sze, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled "An evaluation of Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS): The right model towards sustainable housing in Hong Kong through privatization?" Submitted by James SZE Wang-cho (University No. 1990156916) for the degree of Master of Science (Interdisciplinary Design and Management) at The University of Hong Kong in August 2005. Abstract Hong Kong is well-known as a bastion of free market, private enterprise and limited Government, in its land and housing policies. Being the largest land owner and biggest housing unit supplier in the past several decades, the Hong Kong Government is playing an important role towards sustainable housing development. Although the Government always claimed that it pursues a positive non-intervention policy, inevitably it promotes housing policies from time to time, such as the Tenant Purchasing Scheme (TPS), which might have drastic influences on the housing development and may affect the sustainability of Hong Kong society as a whole. In his first policy address, the Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa made a bold attempt in changing the housing policy to promote home ownership for the well being of the people and maintain the social stability. One of the policies announced following his speech is the Tenant Purchasing Scheme (TPS). The scheme offers the sitting tenants the opportunity to buy their flats at 12% of the estimated full market value. The property market had slumped after the release of the related policy. If the TPS promoted by the Government have played an important role in reducing the existing housing unit transactions and home prices, the TPS can be demonstrated to lead to erosion of wealth and economic inefficiency in the short-term situation. However, the TPS not necessarily failed to fulfill the criteria of sustainable housing development in a long-term situation, namely social, cultural, economic and environmental sustainability. Should this can be proven, the TPS can be considered as a right model to attain sustainable housing development through privatization of the public housing in Hong Kong. Singapore has implemented a similar TPS Scheme for more than 40 years and it is reported that the scheme has succeeded in achieving a sustainable community. Due to their similarity in many aspects as cities, Singaporean's approach towards privatization of public housing will be explored and compared to test if TPS is an appropriate model towards sustainable housing development. Being one of the major models of privatizing the public rental housing, if the relative success and failures of Hong Kong's TPS implementation, both in its content and application, can be demonstrated and measured, its future potential effectiveness in achievable a sustained housing development can also be demonstrated. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3679029 Subjects: Public housing - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Privatisation written by Xing Quan Zhang and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to broaden and deepen our understanding of the vital important and increasingly significant topic of China's housing reform in the process of transition from a planned economy to a market one. The book draws on the author's extensive experience of research into housing reform, particularly privatisation policy. Housing policy is assessed against a background of housing problems and political, economic and cultural changes. The book offers a detailed examination of the housing problems and the causes of these problems and the government policy of tackling the housing problems in the reform era. It provides a comprehensive and timely analysis of the rationales, objectives, instruments and performance of housing privatisation in China and uncovers possible risk outcomes of privatisation and potential conflicts involved in the process of privatisation. It provides fresh insights into the housing question and the privatisation issue in China. The book finally sets out recommendations for alternative options to tackle the housing problems in China. The book will be of interest to all those concerned with housing policy, urban development, privatisation and reform issues in China.
Download or read book Neoliberal Housing Policy written by Keith Jacobs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neoliberal Housing Policy considers some of the most significant housing issues facing the West today, including the increasing commodification of housing; the political economy surrounding homeownership; the role of public housing; the problem of homelessness; the ways that housing accentuates social and economic inequality; and how suburban housing has transformed city life. The empirical focus of the book draws mainly from the US, UK and Australia, with examples to illustrate some of the most important features and trajectories of late capitalism, including the commodification of welfare provision and financialisation, while the examples from other nations serve to highlight the influence of housing policy on more regional- and place-specific processes. The book shows that developments in housing provision are being shaped by global financial markets and the circuits of capital that transcend the borders of nation states. Whilst considerable differences within nation states exist, many government interventions to improve housing often fall short. Adopting a structuralist approach, the book provides a critical account of the way housing policy accentuates social and economic inequalities and identifies some of the significant convergences in policy across nations states, ultimately offering an explanation as to why so many ‘inequalities’ endure. It will be useful for anyone in professional housing management/social housing programmes as well as planning, sociology (social policy), human geography, urban studies and housing studies programmes.
Download or read book Hong Kong Society written by Stephen WK Chiu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book borrows the concept of “high-definition” from digital broadcasting to highlight our unique approach to Hong Kong society, which gives a sharper image than analyses. It intends to highlight contrasts with many common and taken-for-granted stories, myths and representations of Hong Kong— which often presented with a low level of detail, lacking proper connections between grounded personal experiences and the macro social context. With chapters covering various salient dimensions of Hong Kong’s society, including migration, economy, inequality, identity and social movements, our “high-definition” approach presents images with high enough “resolution” to match multiple layers of experiences from walks of life of Hong Kong people, contributing to an understanding of how global transformation impacts local people’s experiences, as well as Hong Kong’s significance in the regional and global system.
