Mega projects like the Northern Metropolis and proposals to build on the fringes of country parks and utilise brownfield sites show land can be found. The city needs to show boldness and determination to change ideas around land use and planning to fix its persistent housing shortage.
Proposals to repurpose quarantine centres and pockets of government land, and build a multistorey youth hostel, might seem unorthodox, but the city needs short-term housing solutions as well as long-term ones since larger projects will take a decade or more to bear fruit.
Outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday said it's unavoidable that the government doesn't have the best of relationships with the people. During.
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