Homeownership In Hong Kong

Author : James Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429803420

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Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong by James Lee Pdf

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.

Author : Chung-kin Tsang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000395389

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Homeownership in Hong Kong by Chung-kin Tsang Pdf

This book studies the cultural framework of the connections between homeownership and social stability in Hong Kong. In the post-war period, homeownership became the most preferable housing choice in developed societies, such as Australia, Britain, Japan, Spain, and the United States. In the financialization era, its proliferation aggregated enormous wealth and debt in the housing and mortgage markets, affecting social stability by creating inequality and housing unaffordability. Hong Kong is the most extreme example of this among developed societies – in recent years, the city has made international headlines both for its housing problem and its social instability. By studying the history of homeownership in Hong Kong over a period of four decades, Chung-kin Tsang proposes that homeownership is inseparable from the social imagination of the future, conceptualizing this framework as "hope mechanism". This perspective helps trace the connections between ‘House Buying’ as a hope mechanism – one which is central to subject formation, life goals, and temporal mapping for socially shared life planning – and social stability. Given its unique approach, specifically its use of "hope" as an analytical category, this book will prove to be a useful resource for scholars in economic culture and financialization, and Asian Studies, especially those working on the cultural, sociopolitical, and economic history of Hong Kong.

Author : E. G. Pryor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : PSU:000009966680

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Housing in Hong Kong by E. G. Pryor Pdf

Author : James Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138340626

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Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong by James Lee Pdf

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.

Author : Betty Yung
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622099043

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Hong Kong's Housing Policy by Betty Yung Pdf

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.

Author : Hong Kong Housing Authority (1973-)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Housing
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211731067

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Hong Kong Housing Authority annual report ... by Hong Kong Housing Authority (1973-) Pdf

Author : Frank Joseph Shulman,Anna See Ping Leon Shulman
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9622093973

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香港研究博士论文注释书目 by Frank Joseph Shulman,Anna See Ping Leon Shulman Pdf

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.

Author : Yue Chim Richard Wong
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789888208654

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Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People by Yue Chim Richard Wong Pdf

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.

Author : Manuel Castells,Lee Goh,R. Yin-Wang Kwok
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062626109

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The Shek Kip Mei Syndrome by Manuel Castells,Lee Goh,R. Yin-Wang Kwok Pdf

Author : Terence Chun Tat Shum,Charles C. L. Kwong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789819953820

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Housing and Ageing Policies in Chinese and Global Contexts by Terence Chun Tat Shum,Charles C. L. Kwong Pdf

Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach for studying housing and ageing issues and relevant policy analysis in China, and beyond. Specifically, it highlights how the changing social, economic, and political factors at both local and global levels affect the housing or ageing experiences of people. Drawing on findings and theoretical discussions in economics, history, psychology, sociology, social policy, and urban studies, the authors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on a highly topical debate, asking what progress is being made on the formulation and implementation of housing and ageing policies in different societies. The book brings together original qualitative and quantitative research works in European, Asia-Pacific and Chinese contexts. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of data and case studies that reveal factors affecting housing or ageing experiences of people in these regions. The interdisciplinary research also provides valuable insights on further policy analyses and formulation in both local and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars, policy makers and university students in the fields of housing, ageing, and social and public policy.

Author : Hong Kong Housing Authority
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Hong Kong (Xina)
ISBN : OCLC:1432890763

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Annual Report of the Hong Kong Housing Authority for the Period 1st April, 1966 to 31st March, 1967 by Hong Kong Housing Authority Pdf

Author : Paul Pennartz,Anke Niehof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429797828

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Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System by Paul Pennartz,Anke Niehof Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume recognises the issue of gender inequality in Hong Kong housing. The invisibility of the housing problem is compounded by the dominant patriarchal Chinese culture in Hong Kong. The issue remains marginal in Western countries as well, despite increasing concern. Kam Wah Chan makes meaningful, insightful progress on the housing issue in Hong Kong by focusing on the crucial issues of housing for lone mothers and for women in new towns.

Author : Patricia Kennett,Kam Wah Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136739620

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Women and Housing by Patricia Kennett,Kam Wah Chan Pdf

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities of women. The collection seeks to contribute to comparative housing debates by highlighting the gendered nature of housing processes, locating these processes within wider structured and institutionalized relations of power, and to show how these socially constructed relationships are culturally contingent, and manifest and transform over time and space. The international contributors draw on a wide range of empirical evidence relating to labour market participation, wealth distribution, family formation and education to demonstrate the complexity and gendered nature of the interlocking arenas of production, reproduction and consumption and the implications for the housing opportunities of women in different social contexts. Worldwide examples are drawn from Australia, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA.

Author : Mr.R. Sean Craig,Mr.Changchun Hua
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781463925949

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Determinants of Property Prices in Hong Kong SAR by Mr.R. Sean Craig,Mr.Changchun Hua Pdf

This paper uses an econometric model of residential property prices in Hong Kong SAR to assess the effectiveness of alternative policies in slowing the increase in property prices. The rapid rise in property prices is well explained by macroconomic fundamentals; real GDP per capital, real domestic credit, construction costs, land supply, and the real interest rate. Policy can influence the property market though land supply and prudential and tax policy, with the latter policies taking the form of a stamp duty on property transactions and a tighter loan-to-value ratio (LTV) on lending. Land supply is the most effective policy insturment for restraining property price increases but it operates with a significant lag. The LTV and stamp duty dampen speculative activity that drives up property prices. While these policies can slow the increase in the short run, they should be guided by their long run objectives of financial stability and counteracting speculation.

Author : Rebecca Lai Har Chiu,Seong-Kyu Ha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315460031

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Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia by Rebecca Lai Har Chiu,Seong-Kyu Ha Pdf

This book investigates how housing policy changes in Asia since the late 1990s have impacted on housing affordability, security, livability, culture and social development. Using case study examples from countries/cities including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the contributors contextualize housing policy development in terms of both global and local socio-economic and political changes. They then investigate how policy changes have shaped and re-shaped the housing wellbeing of the local people and the social development within these places, which they argue should constitute the core purpose of housing policy. This book will open up a new dimension for understanding housing and social development in Asia and a new conceptual perspective with which to examine housing which, by nature, is culture-sensitive and people-oriented. It will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals in the areas of housing studies, urban and social development and the public and social policy of Asia.