New official figures prompt scepticism over Hong Kong leader's pledge to solve city's housing shortage within 10 years
One week after Hong Kong's leader announced in a high-profile address that the government had identified enough land to address the city's public housing shortage, new official figures show that only a quarter of the necessary units can actually be provided in the next four years.Politicians from both sides have wondered aloud whether the promise in Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's policy address to solve the city's acute housing shortage within 10 years was feasible, with one…