香港开征印花税抑制非本地购房者_时事

香港开征印花税抑制非本地购房者

Shares in Hong Kong developers fell sharply yesterday after the government announced taxes to curb speculation in one of the world’s most expensive residential property markets, writes Enid Tsui in Hong Kong.

香港房地产开发商股价昨日大幅下挫，此前香港政府宣布开征新税，以抑制全球最昂贵住宅市场之一的投机活动。

Cheung Kong Holdings, controlled by the family of Li Ka-shing, fell 4.7 per cent; Sun Hung Kai Properties, Asia’s largest developer by market capitalisation, shed 5.1 per cent; and Henderson Land Developmentsank 6.4 per cent. Hong Kong’s largest listed real estate agency, Midland Holdings, plunged 14.5 per cent.

李嘉诚家族控股的长江实业(Cheung Kong Holdings)股价下跌4.7%；亚洲市值最大的房地产开发商新鸿基地产(Sun Hung Kai Properties)下跌5.1%；恒基兆业地产(Henderson Land Development)下滑6.4%。香港最大的上市房地产经纪公司美联集团(Midland Holdings)股价暴跌14.5%。

The benchmark Hang Seng index retreated 0.2 per cent while the property sub-index lost 3.7 per cent.

基准恒生指数(Hang Seng index)下跌0.2%，其中房地产板块指数下跌3.7%。

On Friday the government said non-permanent residents and corporate buyers must pay 15 per cent stamp duty, effective immediately – the first property tax to be targeted at non-local investors. It also raised stamp duty on the sale of property held for less than three years, in an effort to discourage short-term speculation.