Hong Kong lawmakers are urging a review of the government's housing development policy for the elderly. This comes after a major housing provider announced it would halt building senior-focused homes for a decade.

Hong Kong lawmakers have called for a rethink of a government scheme to develop homes for the elderly, days after the city’s second largest public housing provider revealed it would stop building homes targeting senior residents for the coming 10 years. Lawmaker Andrew Lam Siu-lo of the Legislative Council’s housing panel said on Monday that the government had not been proactive enough in formulating a comprehensive elderly housing policy, urging authorities to provide new incentives for...