Housing: a pressing task for legislators

• Source: Global Times
• [01:22 February 24 2010]
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How many talented people will be lost when bright youth abandon their dreams and end up toiling instead as house slaves?

If you can double your wealth quickly by speculating on property, any innovative business idea pales in comparison. How far a country can go when everybody is so completely focused on housing?

We are scratching our heads over the fast rising price of real estate. It seems to have become the single most important issue affecting our everyday life.

Delegates to the annual National People's Congress have a serious job ahead of them: They must convey the public's anxiety over housing, and come up with effective bills to bring the market back under control.