Abstract
In a place that is well known for its residual welfare system (McLaughlin 1993), the co-existence of a strong state housing programme in Hong Kong is beyond the understanding of many people. In 1999, 38 per cent of households in permanent housing in Hong Kong rented public flats, 14 per cent purchased public sector built for sale flats, 12 per cent were in the private rented tenure and 33 per cent were owner occupiers in private housing.1 In other words, over half of Hong Kong’s households are currently housed in public sector rental and sale flats of a reasonably high standard. The remainder are in private sector housing, of diverse quality and price ranging from the highly expensive houses in the Peak area to average priced rural houses in the remote New Territories.
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Lau, K.Y. (2002). Hong Kong. In: Agus, M.R., Doling, J., Lee, DS. (eds) Housing Policy Systems in South and East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919809_4
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