Hong Kong authorities have pledged to reserve nearly a fifth of the city’s 21,000 transitional homes for tenants displaced by a new law regulating subdivided flats, with the housing chief downplaying concerns about a potential wave of evictions under the policy.
Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin offered the assurance on Sunday after more than 100 households at Yee Wa Building on Un Chau Street in Cheung Sha Wan were forced to relocate, as landlords sought to convert the flats to meet the…
