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Day: August 21, 2014

Rents push up inflation to 5.92 pct in July

Rents push up inflation to 5.92 pct in July

Skyrocketing residential rents and the rising cost of eating out further pushed up the city’s composite consumer price index (CPI), which rose 5.92 percent year-on-year last month, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) Wednesday. A DSEC statement said “notable increases” affected the price indices of housing and fuels (+11.45 percent), […]
‘Civic referendum’ will be completely paperless

‘Civic referendum’ will be completely paperless

Political activist Jason Chao Teng Hei said Wednesday that on August 24 and 30, volunteers for the controversial “civic referendum” would be  in five locations to help residents cast their votes, but no voting tables would be set up and residents would actually vote on line so that it could not be regarded as  as […]
Chui vows ‘quick approval’ of land for private construction

Chui vows ‘quick approval’ of land for private construction

Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On said Wednesday the question of how to increase the city’s supply of private housing will be “an important topic” for his next government, vowing that it would study how to approve land leases for private construction projects “quickly”. Chui’s second five-year term tenure will begin on December 20, […]