

Having spent the first part of July in Shanghai and Hong Kong the differences between these Chinese mega cities are stark. Shanghai with 23 million people dwarfs Hong Kong’s population of 7.5 million. It is also less crowded and considerably cheaper than Hong Kong,...
Hong Kong may be destined to become another Shanghai

Investors are getting more flexible
Across Asia Pacific, conversations surrounding flexible space are typically one-sided and largely concentrate on co-working. Given the current stage of development in this region, it is somewhat understandable that discussions on flexible working are inevitably...
Investors are getting more flexible

Ding Dong: Why the bells of Hong Kong’s small house policy should knell farewell
The rush of investments into real estate in Hong Kong throughout the past century has led to extensive urbanisation. In December 1972, following an era of rapid new-town development in the previously neglected New Territories, the government implemented the Small...
Ding Dong: Why the bells of Hong Kong’s small house policy should knell farewell

Establishing Large Conservation Areas in Pakistan
Pakistan’s valuable ecosystems are vulnerable to unsustainable use and destruction. Like many developing countries, Pakistan is exposed to “the catastrophic convergence of postcolonial militarisation and ethnic fragmentation,” and may soon be “collapsing under...
Establishing Large Conservation Areas in Pakistan

What Tokyo can – and can’t – teach us about the housing crisis
Be more like Japan. That is the takeaway from a Bloomberg column by the always-interesting Noah Smith. His is the latest article to look at Tokyo’s approach to housing for answers to the spiralling cost of homes in comparable Western cities. On the surface, the...
What Tokyo can – and can’t – teach us about the housing crisis