CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd, the Hong Kong developer controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said efforts by China to cool its property market are 'timely' after record price gains. 'You want to take action before the market gets too hot,' Justin Chiu, executive director of Cheung Kong, said in a Bloomberg Television interview yesterday. 'Prices have gone up really quite a lot; people buying for their own...
Justin Chiu
CONTRARY to what some believe, bubbles can be good for the property market, said the executive director of Hong Kong's Cheung Kong (Holdings). Mr Justin Chiu told reporters yesterday at the showflat of his company's latest project here that he likes property bubbles because they fuel sales volumes and price rises. Mr Chiu - who was moved to dress up as James Bond at launch parties in 2004 to stimulate...