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Phillip Zhong

Proposed Hong Kong Vacancy Tax Is Limited in Scope and Impact

Last Friday, the Hong Kong government announced a package of new measures to address the worsening housing affordability issue in the city. In particular, the government proposed a new property tax on vacant first-hand private residential units. Owners of such units with occupation permits issued for longer than 12 months, yet not occupied or rented for more than six months during the past 12 months, will be subject to a special rate that is 200% of the property's ratable value, or roughly 5% of...
Underlying
Sino Land Co. Ltd.

Sino Land is an investment holding company. Co.'s segments include: property sales, property rental, property management and other services, hotel operations, investments in securities, and financing.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Phillip Zhong

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