The Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research
Published Monographs

Planning Rules and Urban Economic Performance: The Case of Hong Kong

by Sammuel R. Staley
Wright State University

English edition
ISBN: 962-201-632-4
HK$90 (local), US$17.50 (airmail), US$15 (surface)

Chinese edition
ISBN: 962-201-630-8
HK$90 (local), US$17.50 (airmail), US$15 (surface)

This book explains the contractual basis of the Hong Kong urban and land planning system, and how it encourages growth by protecting private property rights and ensuring economic markets work smoothly and efficiently. It includes a critical assessment of the recommendations proposed by the Hong Kong Government in its Comprehensive Review of the Town Planning Ordinance. Published by the Chinese University Press in 1994.