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2011-03-11 — bloomberg.com
"Hong Kong’s government in November intensified a yearlong battle to curb housing prices by imposing additional property transaction taxes and pledging to increase land supply for medium and small housing units. Home prices have gained about 65 percent in the past two years, fuelled by an economic recovery, record low mortgage rates and an influx of buyers from China."
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