Housing in Figures


Year 1998

Rent of Permanent Residential Flats As at end March 1988 1993 1998 HA Rental Flats (average monthly rent per sq.m. of internal floor area) HK$ / sq.m. HK$ / sq.m. HK$ / sq.m. Hong Kong Island 15.8 26.9 41.8 Kowloon 16.7 27.8 39.5 New Kowloon 14.5 26.5 41.3 New Territories 16.4 26.2 37.2 1st Quarter 1988 1993 1998 Private Flats15 (average monthly rent per sq.m. of saleable floor area) HK$ / sq.m. HK$ / sq.m. HK$ / sq.m. Hong Kong Island 87.5 199.6 242.7* Kowloon 85.9 161.8 194.3* New Kowloon 79.8 149.0 197.4* New Territories 72.9 129.2 154.2* 1st Quarter 1988 1993 1998 Median Rent to Income Ratio16 % % % All Permanent Housing 9.4 9.5 11.0 Public Permanent Housing 7.4 7.9 8.8 Private Permanent Housing 17.5 23.0 25.8     Median rent to income ratio of households in permanent housing (1st Quarter) Note : HA Hong Kong Housing Authority * Provisional figures For Explanatory Notes 15 - 16, please click here

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