I think a lot of Steemian have noticed that there is a rapid jump for the Hong Kong user in these two months, and I am one of those. And I bet a lot of Steemian have read a numbers of post which mentioned that this year is the 20th years since the hand-over of Hong Kong from British to China.
> 我相信有很多用戶都發現了這兩個月多了很多的香港用戶，小弟也是其中之一啦。所以我也相信大家應該也看到很多帖子是關於香港的主權移交已經有二十年了。

A lot of posts have mentioned the crazy property pricing have driven Hong Kong people to be crazy. Most of the local Hong Kong people cannot afford to purchase a house. And the public housing policy is too poor that there are more than 280 thousands of people who are stilling waiting the public housing. And most of them have been waited for more than 4 years.
> 有相當多的帖子都敍述了香港的高房價問題，樓價簡直瘋了，香港人也為此發瘋了。大部份香港人都已經買不起香港的房子。而政府差劣的公共房屋政策已經令到公共房屋輪候策上的人數超過了28萬，有很多人都已經等了超過4年了。

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But actually how crazy the property price is Hong Kong? And why Hong Kong people could not afford one? As what I always said, data don’t lie. I have performed a research on some data for the property price and people income from 1997 to 2016, which may give you some idea on it.
> 但其實香港的房價有多瘋狂呢? 為何大部份的香港人都買不起的房子了?正如我一直所說的，數據不會騙人。我對香港從1997年到2016年的房價跟香港人的收入做了一些資料搜集，我相信應該可以給你一點概念的。

The below is the average private domestic price of Hong Kong from year 1997 to 2016:
> 以下是香港私人住宅從1997年到2016年的平均售價

Year|Hong Kong Dollar per square metre
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年份|每平方米售價 - 港元
1997|83,719
1998|59,862
1999|49,333
2000|45,530
2001|39,633
2002|35,657
2003|33,717
2004|47,400
2005|57,320
2006|58,453
2007|71,898
2008|80,403
2009|79,977
2010|97,223
2011|114,102
2012|121,183
2013|129,413
2014|134,371
2015|143,616
2016|141,581
Remarks: The above is the average price of private domestic for the location of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories.
> 備註: 以上的資料是根據香港島、九龍跟新界的私人住宅所算出的平均售價。

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The below is the median monthly employment earnings of employed persons in Hong Kong
> 以下是就業人士每月就業收入中位數

Year|Median monthly employment earnings of employed persons| Median monthly employment earnings of 20-24 years old employed persons with post-secondary educational attainment
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年份|就業人士每月就業收入中位數|20-24歲專上教育程度人士每月就業收入中位數
1997|10,000|11,000
1998|10,000|11,000
1999|10,000|10,000
2000|10,000|10,000
2001|11,000|10,000
2002|10,400|8,500
2003|10,000|8,000
2004|10,000|7,500
2005|10,000|8,000
2006|10,500|8,000
2007|11,000|8,500
2008|11,000|9,000
2009|11,000|8,500
2010|11,800|8,700
2011|12,000|9,100
2012|13,000|10,000
2013|13,500|10,000
2014|15,000|10,800
2015|15,000|11,000
2016|N/A|N/A
Remarks: The above unit is on Hong Kong Dollar, and is the average employment earnings of different industry, and Census and Statistics Department had not provided data for year 2016.
> 備註: 以上資料以港元計算，是根據香港各行業所算出的收入中位數，而政府統計處沒有提供2016年的數據。

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The private domestic price had been raised from 83,791/m2 (in 1997) to 143,616/m2 (in 2015); which is around 72% increment. When compare with employment earnings, which raised from 10,000 (in 1997) to 15,000 (in 2015); which is around 50% increment. Yes, it is simply that the income cannot catch up with the property price increment, but it seems like not that crazy.
> 私人住宅的價格從1997年的83,791每平方米，漲到2015年的143,616每平方米，大概有72%的升幅。而收入中位數則由10,000 上漲到15,000，大概有50%的升幅。直接的看，收入中位數的確是追不上房價，但看來也不是那麼瘋狂吧。

But let’s look deeper into the data, and focus on year 2003, which is the SARS period of Hong Kong. The economy at that time is so bad, unemployment, great salary drop is everywhere. And let’s make a comparison for year 2003 and 2015. Property price increment: 33,717 to 143,616, which is a ***326%*** raise!! But let’s look at the people income: 10,000 to 15,000; which is just ***50%***. It is a great different! And let’s look more on the income of 20-24 years old employed persons with post-secondary educational attainment: 8,000 to 11,000; which is just ***37.5%*** increase.
> 但是容我們再仔細的看一下我們的數據，注意2003年，當時是非典型肺炎横行的時段。香港那個時候的經濟很差，失業、大副減人工這些十分常見。讓我們用2003年跟2015年做個對比吧。私人住宅價格由33,717 漲到 143,626，升幅有***326%***。居民的收入中位數由10,000升到15,000，只是***50%***而已。這是很大的差異啊! 我們再看20-24歲專上教育程度人士每月就業收入中位數，從8,000 升到11,000，只有***37.5%***啊，更少了。

So, now, I bet you have an idea on how crazy the property price in Hong Kong is. Most of the Hong Kong people just watching the property price increased more that 300% but his earning have just increase for 50%. How can they afford a house?
> 所以，我相信你應該大概有一個概念香港的房價有多瘋狂了吧。大部份的香港人看著房樓升了三倍有多，但是自己的收入卻只升了50%而已。他們怎麼可能買得起房子啊?

I don’t blame anyone and don’t know what is the reason behind it. But what I can say is the government has not done anything to make it better. You can see the data, it won’t lie.
> 在這我不怪任何人，也不知道為什麼房價會如此瘋狂。但我敢話政府沒有個過任何有幫助的事情。你可以看得到，數據不撒謊。

Source/ 來源: [Census and Statistics Department/ 政府統計處]( http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home.html)
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