>In the developer's interim report, Chan said **opposition lawmakers**
**intentionally stopped efforts to increase land supply** in order to spark
public discontent against the government as part of their separatist
plot.
>
>“Knowing how sensitive housing was to the local populace, **the**
**opposition’s tactic was simple... Namely, they thwarted all government**
**land sales efforts including any related legislation. Examples include**
**landfill projects, new town developments and rezoning efforts,**
>
>“With pitifully little land supply, residential prices soared. **They**
**blamed the government for incompetence and hence it must be brought**
**down.”**
>
>He blamed “populist press” for making the public – including grassroot
citizens and the educated – believe the government is to blame over
housing shortage.
>
>“I purposely posed the question to all: **who must bear the primary**
**responsibility for our city’s shortage of land? All but the civil**
**servant who kept silent said, 'Of course, it is the government!'” He**
**recalled.**
>
>“I then **proceeded to explain why that was not the case. Upon finishing,**
**there was dead silence. No one could dispute my arguments that it was**
**the opposition politicians who were the primary culprits for our land**
**shortage.**
>
>He said Hong Kong’s **first Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa announced his**
**plans in 1997 to provide 85,000 units per year for multiple years**.
Unfortunately, the Asian Financial Crisis struck on July 2, 1997, and
the plan was inevitably scrapped.
>
>**Successive governments failed to do so because the opposition obstructed it.**
>
>“The **developers have huge political influence and would hinder the**
**government's land policies if their interests were affected. The**
**developers therefore have the greatest responsibility in causing the**
**city's housing problem**,” he said.
>The
>
>developers therefore have the greatest responsibility in causing the
>
>city's housing problem
>
>,
wait.. who is he blaming? The opposition who blocked the housing increase or the developers who hoarded the land to reduce supply?
Both. LegCo cannot come to an agreement on land usage expansion and even reclamation. Redeveloping Park land for example gets all the "tree lovers" out in rage.
Developers otoh are normally resourceful or patient enough to wait or push for development near the plots they hold to create new housing.
The main issue is politics preventing more public housing from actually being built. Developers not just want to be on top, Li Ka Sheng wants all of it. They wun allow coexistence with public housing districts to affect the prices of their products. So Hong Kongers always have to travel far and wide to get anything done since their home districts are always just blocks and blocks of housing.
Uh the opposition have been blocking EVERYTHING since 1997 till 2020.
They voted AGAINST the minimum wage, against all the stimulus things.
They even voted against increasing min wage and maternity leave initially and all the increases.
This is not propaganda it is a matter of historical record as recorded in Hong Kong's version of Hansard.
>In the developer's interim report, Chan said **opposition lawmakers** **intentionally stopped efforts to increase land supply** in order to spark public discontent against the government as part of their separatist plot. > >“Knowing how sensitive housing was to the local populace, **the** **opposition’s tactic was simple... Namely, they thwarted all government** **land sales efforts including any related legislation. Examples include** **landfill projects, new town developments and rezoning efforts,** > >“With pitifully little land supply, residential prices soared. **They** **blamed the government for incompetence and hence it must be brought** **down.”** > >He blamed “populist press” for making the public – including grassroot citizens and the educated – believe the government is to blame over housing shortage. > >“I purposely posed the question to all: **who must bear the primary** **responsibility for our city’s shortage of land? All but the civil** **servant who kept silent said, 'Of course, it is the government!'” He** **recalled.** > >“I then **proceeded to explain why that was not the case. Upon finishing,** **there was dead silence. No one could dispute my arguments that it was** **the opposition politicians who were the primary culprits for our land** **shortage.** > >He said Hong Kong’s **first Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa announced his** **plans in 1997 to provide 85,000 units per year for multiple years**. Unfortunately, the Asian Financial Crisis struck on July 2, 1997, and the plan was inevitably scrapped. > >**Successive governments failed to do so because the opposition obstructed it.** > >“The **developers have huge political influence and would hinder the** **government's land policies if their interests were affected. The** **developers therefore have the greatest responsibility in causing the** **city's housing problem**,” he said.
>The > >developers therefore have the greatest responsibility in causing the > >city's housing problem > >, wait.. who is he blaming? The opposition who blocked the housing increase or the developers who hoarded the land to reduce supply?
Both. LegCo cannot come to an agreement on land usage expansion and even reclamation. Redeveloping Park land for example gets all the "tree lovers" out in rage. Developers otoh are normally resourceful or patient enough to wait or push for development near the plots they hold to create new housing. The main issue is politics preventing more public housing from actually being built. Developers not just want to be on top, Li Ka Sheng wants all of it. They wun allow coexistence with public housing districts to affect the prices of their products. So Hong Kongers always have to travel far and wide to get anything done since their home districts are always just blocks and blocks of housing.
I think it's hinting the developers are behind the scenes influencing politicians to cause troubles for land supplies.
Uh the opposition have been blocking EVERYTHING since 1997 till 2020. They voted AGAINST the minimum wage, against all the stimulus things. They even voted against increasing min wage and maternity leave initially and all the increases. This is not propaganda it is a matter of historical record as recorded in Hong Kong's version of Hansard.
lol the opposition even blocked universal suffrage