Hong Kong Budgets housing fix misses the point

Hong Kongs latest fix for its festering housing crisis has once more missed the woods for the trees.

The financial hubs annual Budget unveiled on Wednesday cut the tax rate for first-time buyers of homes priced up to HK$9 million (S$1.5 million).

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