Calls have been renewed to allow Hong Kong’s young families to use part of their mandatory pension savings to buy homes, with a recent survey finding that high flat prices and large down payments have dampened their desire to own property.
The study released on Sunday also called for the government to offer housing loans to first-time buyers and to halve the down payment required for middle-income home hunters to buy subsidised sale flats.
Two policy think tanks, New Youth Forum and the…