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  "id": 214623,
  "title": "Hong Kong urged to boost public housing space and speed up flat allocation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/hong-kong-urged-to-boost-public-housing-space-and-speed-up-flat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T08:47:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3363168/hong-kong-urged-boost-public-housing-space-and-speed-flat-allocation"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong authorities should set targets in the city’s first five-year development plan to increase the average living space for public housing tenants and raise the minimum size of subsidised sale flats as supply grows, a concern group has urged. The Federation of Public Housing Estates also said on Thursday that the government should make clear it aims to reduce the average waiting time for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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