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How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Sept 2026, 01:30 UTC. The headline in use is “How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
When Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, announced his housing plan in 1997, the ambition was extraordinary. The government would produce at least 85,000 flats a year across the public and private sectors, and raise the home ownership rate to 70 per cent.
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem
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