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1. Latest News

April 2012

Submission related to the First-hand Residential Property Sale Bill
By The Professional Commons

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In 8/10/2011, Chief Executive Donald Tsang admitted the housing policy faults since the property pledge, meaning that a change will be made for the future housing and land policy.

明報：曾蔭權承認房策失誤 2011 10 08
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/3/1/2457172/1.html

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Introduction to LED project

To explore the relationship between the market structure of the real estate market and the competitiveness and diversity of the Hong Kong economy

The real estate market is a significant sector in the economy of Hong Kong with major influence to its development. The market structure and mechanism of the property market dictates its operation. Recently, there were also concerns on the competitiveness of the Hong Kong economy as compared to the surrounding areas, and on the phenomenon that we are heavily concentrated on financial activities. This group tries to explore the relationship between the market structure and mechanism of the real estate market and the competitiveness and diversity of the Hong Kong economy. Furthermore, the group would consider making policy proposals in order to improve the development of the economy.

Special download:

“Proposal to current economic policy”

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1. Animations

什麼是「間接地稅」?

政府是香港唯一的地主，土地是一種「壟斷性」資源。政府推出土地的數量及時間，最終會影響物業價格，因而影響整個經濟的營運成本。政府賣地後，如果不主動建立一個供求議價能力相若，競爭性高的物業市場，這種壟斷性便由土地供應延伸至物業市場，因而造成香港高樓價的現象。「縮水樓」的出現清楚顯示，住宅物業市場是一個供應一方獨大的市場。中產人士通過租金或供樓支付高昂的費用，就如交「間接地稅」給政府。

2002 年托樓市的錯誤

香港住宅物業市場不只是供應一方獨大的市場，過往十年更是一個受了干預的市場。在2002 年，政府用了九項干預措施托市。市民以高於市場價格購買或租用樓宇，因而提高了整個經濟的人力資源營運成本。同時，在1998至2004年通縮期間，這項托市行動產生了一個很大的財富再分配現象。財富價值從完成通縮的環節轉移到沒有完成通縮的地產環節，加劇了香港的貧富懸殊。

營運成本與經濟多元化

正如上述，住宅物業市場不是一個供求議價能力相若，競爭性高的市場。過去十年，更是一個被托市的市場，所以價格偏高，提高了香港的人力資源營運成本。一些在市場價格中應可以生存的中小企業因而不能生存。減低了香港經濟的多元化。苟延殘喘的企業也將成本壓力向下伸延到非技術勞工，因而做成在職貧窮的問題。

經濟多元化與競爭力

高昂的營運成本，減低了香港經濟的多元化，也減弱了香港商業配套的深度。旅遊業沒有更多的食店作配套。金融業沒有更多的中小會計師樓作配套。因而影響了香港長遠的競爭力。有礙發展一個創新的經濟體系。政府必須主動建立一個競爭性高的土地／物業市場，以互相競爭來防止價格暴漲，藉此降低整體經濟的營運成本，使中小型創新企業可以持續發展，讓經濟多元化擴大香港商業配套的深度和創新能力，帶領香港進入「創新經濟」體系的行列。