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Only 4 of Hong Kong’s 110,000 subdivided homes put up for seal of approval

· South China Morning Post

Hong Kong landlords have put forward just four of the city’s 110,000 subdivided homes for certification approval in the two-and-a-half months since a new law was enacted to phase out substandard living spaces, highlighting a low participation rate. Three of the applications were submitted by a single landlord, Hayson Chan Hin-hay, chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Housing Units Operators Association. Chan told the South China Morning Post that it took him about two months to renovate the...