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Title | A critical analysis of speculative developments under New Territories small house policy |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Li, W. S. [李惠珊]. (2022). A critical analysis of speculative developments under New Territories small house policy. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | New Territories Small House Policy allows the indigenous villagers from the recognized
village to apply for permission to erect a small house once in a lifetime. The policy has been
implemented for 50 years. Throughout these years, the policy has been criticized for various
drawbacks caused, among which speculative developments is viewed as one of the most severe
problems associated with the policy. In this study, speculative developments refer to the
indigenous villagers’ acts to profit from their eligibility to erect small houses. It is found that
the disposal of indigenous villagers’ ding rights to third parties has been noticed since the
official review of the policy by the Audit Commission in 1987. However, only a few
amendments to the policy were made. The conviction of parties involved in a conspiracy to
defraud the Government in small house grants has aroused heated public concern on this issue
once again. While the Lands Department takes the overall role of administering the small house
applications, whether the Government is doing an effective work against the speculative
developments is questionable.
This dissertation aims at evaluating the effectiveness of government control over speculative
developments. To achieve the research aim, both primary and secondary data are collected.
Literature review and legal research were conducted to acquire background information and
factual matters concerning this topic. The questionnaire and interview facilitate the
understanding of public expectations as well as indigenous villagers’ experience on this issue.
The study concludes that the current enforcement work by the Government is inefficient and
ineffective in combatting speculative developments, substantiated by the systematic abuse by
non-indigenous parties. Some loopholes of the policy are found, including the lack of enforcement actions and deterrent effect against speculative developments. Therefore, at the
last part of the dissertation, both short-term and long-term solutions addressing the loopholes
in the current practice are recommended.
It is hoped that the findings and recommendations in this research can provide insights for the
Government to address the issue concerned. Small House Policy could be reviewed
comprehensively such that the land utilization in the New Territories can be maximized, which
will benefit the public and the sustainable developments of Hong Kong.
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Degree | Bachelor of Science in Surveying |
Subject | Housing, Rural - China - New Territories Housing policy - China - New Territories |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/315408 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Wai Shan | - |
dc.contributor.author | 李惠珊 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-05T12:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-05T12:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Li, W. S. [李惠珊]. (2022). A critical analysis of speculative developments under New Territories small house policy. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/315408 | - |
dc.description.abstract | New Territories Small House Policy allows the indigenous villagers from the recognized village to apply for permission to erect a small house once in a lifetime. The policy has been implemented for 50 years. Throughout these years, the policy has been criticized for various drawbacks caused, among which speculative developments is viewed as one of the most severe problems associated with the policy. In this study, speculative developments refer to the indigenous villagers’ acts to profit from their eligibility to erect small houses. It is found that the disposal of indigenous villagers’ ding rights to third parties has been noticed since the official review of the policy by the Audit Commission in 1987. However, only a few amendments to the policy were made. The conviction of parties involved in a conspiracy to defraud the Government in small house grants has aroused heated public concern on this issue once again. While the Lands Department takes the overall role of administering the small house applications, whether the Government is doing an effective work against the speculative developments is questionable. This dissertation aims at evaluating the effectiveness of government control over speculative developments. To achieve the research aim, both primary and secondary data are collected. Literature review and legal research were conducted to acquire background information and factual matters concerning this topic. The questionnaire and interview facilitate the understanding of public expectations as well as indigenous villagers’ experience on this issue. The study concludes that the current enforcement work by the Government is inefficient and ineffective in combatting speculative developments, substantiated by the systematic abuse by non-indigenous parties. Some loopholes of the policy are found, including the lack of enforcement actions and deterrent effect against speculative developments. Therefore, at the last part of the dissertation, both short-term and long-term solutions addressing the loopholes in the current practice are recommended. It is hoped that the findings and recommendations in this research can provide insights for the Government to address the issue concerned. Small House Policy could be reviewed comprehensively such that the land utilization in the New Territories can be maximized, which will benefit the public and the sustainable developments of Hong Kong. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Housing, Rural - China - New Territories | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Housing policy - China - New Territories | - |
dc.title | A critical analysis of speculative developments under New Territories small house policy | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Surveying | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044565202903414 | - |