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[casual]

Now you're moving the goal post. The issue is megacities draining regions around them. You make it sound like Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities are backwater villages. In any case, going by your ideas, China is going to end up with a few megacities while the rest of the country decays. See the economic and social stagnation of Japan in the past 3 decades? That is what is going to happen.

tier 2 cities and even some tier 3 cities have housing shortages. however, those cities will need to carefully develop high tech or service sectors or be left behind. Like it or not, automation will replace human workers in low skilled or repetitive labor. Those rural farming villages are a thing of the past. The future is in the cities.

 

[Mista]

You don't need large skyscrapers for housing. In fact most skyscrapers are used for office spaces, and the housing spaces in skyscrapers are out of reach for the masses to effectively house the population anyway.

Singapore is denser than most Chinese cities, and the majority of population are housed in buildings below 20 floors. Yet, housing is still relatively affordable and we can still set aside large spaces for greenery and military facilities.

Then there's Tokyo (23 wards), which has almost twice of our population in an area even smaller than Singapore. And yet, the majority of their housing are low-rises and modest semi-detached.

 

[Indos]

There's also telecommuting and using virtual desktops. The company I work for has offices/people all over the world and the company never sleeps. I have meetings with people at 10am and 10pm.

Would you mind revealing the sector your company work in ?

So it is already accepted to have such kind of work hours ? Or maybe you are part of directors as for CEO and especially if the CEO is one of the founders, this kind of work hours is acceptable

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Would you mind revealing the sector your company work in ?

So it is already accepted to have such kind of work hours ? Or maybe you are part of directors as for CEO and especially if the CEO is one of the founders, this kind of work hours is acceptable

Financial. Markets are all over the world. Have to keep people in the loop of what is going on.

 

[Indos]

Financial. Markets are all over the world.

Just curious, does financial companies in US uses media intelligent service to improve their decision making process ?

OSINT

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Just curious, does financial companies in US uses media intelligent service to improve their decision making process ?

OSINT

Analysts/Quants use all sorts of metrics where each is given a weight in how it influences their final rating. I'm not privy to what each one specifically uses.

 

[letsrock]

You don't need large skyscrapers for housing. In fact most skyscrapers are used for office spaces, and the housing spaces in skyscrapers are out of reach for the masses to effectively house the population anyway.

Singapore is denser than most Chinese cities, and the majority of population are housed in buildings below 20 floors. Yet, housing is still relatively affordable and we can still set aside large spaces for greenery and military facilities.

Then there's Tokyo (23 wards), which has almost twice of our population in an area even smaller than Singapore. And yet, the majority of their housing are low-rises and modest semi-detached.

I agree. china's decision to house its population in high raises is not rooted in necessity. its a choice with its own benefits and what not. anyway who knows they may change again - china is wealthy enough,

 

[casual]

You don't need large skyscrapers for housing. In fact most skyscrapers are used for office spaces, and the housing spaces in skyscrapers are out of reach for the masses to effectively house the population anyway.

Singapore is denser than most Chinese cities, and the majority of population are housed in buildings below 20 floors. Yet, housing is still relatively affordable and we can still set aside large spaces for greenery and military facilities.

Then there's Tokyo (23 wards), which has almost twice of our population in an area even smaller than Singapore. And yet, the majority of their housing are low-rises and modest semi-detached.

many chinese people value being able to walk to supermarkets and malls from where they live. this is what's driving the large housing towers. they wouldn't build it if there wasn't any demand.

 

[Mista]

I agree. china's decision to house its population in high raises is not rooted in necessity. its a choice with its own benefits and what not. anyway who knows they may change again - china is wealthy enough,

Many of their local governments have a huge share of revenue coming from land sales to fund their operations and development, so they have vested interests in keeping land prices high. Thus, to make a profit, property developers have to build higher to maximize the number of units sold. If property price becomes unaffordable, they can then shrink apartment sizes so that the same plot ratio can yield more units.

Taller buildings, higher property prices, smaller apartment sizes; you have to pick at least two of them in the cities, or in some cities all three of them lol.

It's the HK model; to raise revenue via land sales and not through taxes. There isn't really a lack of land per se. In recent years, China's central government has been trying to pivot away from this model because they know it's not sustainable, but it's not easy for the local governments and developers. The idea of an annual property tax has been floating for years now, but it hasn't been implemented on a large scale.
And from the people's POV, I've already paid my due 'taxes' with high property prices and monthly mortgage loans, and now you want to levy an annual property tax on top of high property prices?

Thankfully in Singapore the constitution bans the government from spending proceeds from land sales. Otherwise we could've been trapped in a similarly situation like in HK with our relatively low taxes and limited land. Instead of raising taxes or cut spending, we just price our land higher.

Taxing questions: A hike into the future

Is a tax hike inevitable? Why can't we use more of the reserves? Insight examines these issues after PM Lee Hsien Loong signalled that a tax hike is on the horizon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

https://www.mof.gov.sg/docs/default-source/resource/gst/pdf/7-why-don't-we-use-money-from-land-sales.pdf

 

[letsrock]

Many of their local governments have a huge share of revenue coming from land sales to fund their operations and development, so they have vested interests in keeping land prices high. Thus, to make a profit, property developers have to build higher to maximize the number of units sold. If property price becomes unaffordable, they can then shrink apartment sizes so that the same plot ratio can yield more units.

Taller buildings, higher property prices, smaller apartment sizes; you have to pick at least two of them in the cities, or in some cities all three of them lol.

It's the HK model; to raise revenue via land sales and not through taxes. There isn't really a lack of land per se. In recent years, China's central government has been trying to pivot away from this model because they know it's not sustainable, but it's not easy for the local governments and developers. The idea of an annual property tax has been floating for years now, but it hasn't been implemented on a large scale.
And from the people's POV, I've already paid my due 'taxes' with high property prices and monthly mortgage loans, and now you want to levy an annual property tax on top of high property prices?

Thankfully in Singapore the constitution bans the government from spending proceeds from land sales. Otherwise we could've been trapped in a similarly situation like in HK with our relatively low taxes and limited land. Instead of raising taxes or cut spending, we just price our land higher.


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Taxing questions: A hike into the future

Is a tax hike inevitable? Why can't we use more of the reserves? Insight examines these issues after PM Lee Hsien Loong signalled that a tax hike is on the horizon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

https://www.mof.gov.sg/docs/default-source/resource/gst/pdf/7-why-don't-we-use-money-from-land-sales.pdf

One thing i have noticed with chinese housing is that the towers are quiet widely spaced . Usually the housing is within one large square surronded by wide roads on all four sides. And inside are tower blocks with quiet some greenery within them.
I heard chinese have this regulation that every apartment must have direct sunlight access for some hours and this regulation is implemented very seriously.