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August 8, 2019

Hong Kong Investors Sit Tight For Now Amid Violence On The Streets
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For more than two months now, images have been beamed around the world daily of mass protests on the streets of Hong Kong, and clashes between protestors and riot police that have seen tear gas fired and cars driven into barricades.

The protests are railing against new laws that would allow the extradition of individuals to China to face trial in courts convened by the authoritarian government. That is a big change for the citizens of an island that was a British colony until it was handed back to China in 1997, and which has an uneasy relationship with the communist superpower. When China took control of Hong Kong it said it would be allowed its own rules on all matters apart from foreign affairs and defence.

Hong Kong Property Investors Sit Tight For Now Amid Violence On The Streets

The densely populated island has long been a real estate juggernaut. It has one of the largest REIT markets in the world. The largest single building ever sold is an office tower in the central business district, a stake in which traded at price which gave the whole…

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