Monday 14th November 2011
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NEW ARTICLES
Donald decrees: HKEx will
move
A little-noticed paragraph of the recent Policy Address dictates
that HKEx will move to the offices to be developed on the site of the West Wing
of the Central Government Offices. What does this say about the Government's
attitude to HKEx? (14-Nov-2011)
Intervention and
opacity in land sales
The HK Government has begun micro-managing the
terms of development, while shifting from open auctions to a less transparent
sealed-bid tender process. The next Chief Executive should reverse this. We also
renew our call to change the financial structure of new land leases away from
high-premium-low-rent to lower-premium higher-rents. (14-Nov-2011)
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