This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

This paper analyzes the housing markets and housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China (PRC). Both markets face housing affordability problems due to limited land supply, for which the solutions vary considerably. Hong Kong, China has adopted a railway and property...

Globally, independent living and asset accumulation used to be among the major considerations for young people wanting to acquire ownership of their homes. Yet today in Hong Kong as well as in other developed economies, a reduced level of home ownership and young people delaying the formation of...

This working paper raises the question whether Hong Kong's housing problems for young people can be solved. Unlike Singapore which maintains a highly diversified manufacturing sector, Hong Kong has moved its manufacturing sector to the Mainland. The imbalanced economic structure which heavily...

This paper analyzes the housing markets and housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China (PRC). Both markets face housing affordability problems due to limited land supply, for which the solutions vary considerably. Hong Kong, China has adopted a railway and property...

This working paper provides preliminary insights into the housing attitudes and aspirations of Hong Kong's post-80s generation. In particular, the concern is why Hong Kong's younger generation faces a similar situation to that of many other countries: a failure to launch (i.e., from parental...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present and compare the productive efficiency of China Mainland and China Hong Kong contractors, and to identify and investigate the components and sources of their efficiency under different economic and institutional environments....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a few leading Hong Kong construction firms are also efficient contractors. Theoretically, market leaders can exploit the virtue of economy of scale, learning curve and cost leadership to consolidate their competitiveness. However,...