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Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by bufordsharkley on Thursday June 29, 2017 @08:14PM (#14667830)
A HK resident recommended to me Alice Poon's "Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong" to understand the malfunction in land development that this sort of cronyism delivers; I found it a worthwhile read, and readily recommend it to others.

[0] http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2948872-land-and-the-ruli...

Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble by dis-sys on Friday June 30, 2017 @12:59AM (#14668725)
sadly, the exact system was introduced into China before the handover, the broken system is not just screwing HK but a huge chunk of China including all major cities.