【明報專訊】SINCE the government announced six measures on housing, the public's discussion has been focused on such details as the change to the pricing mechanism for subsidised public housing and the lowering of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flat prices from 70% of market levels to 52%. However, the new measures carry a deeper significance. The unpegging of subsidised housing prices from market prices and the increase in the proportion of public housing herald a profound change to the housing policy. The government will interfere in the property market more vigorously. The new housing policies will pivot on subsidised public housing, with the private property market no longer the government's priority. These policies, unprecedented and in the interests of the majority of Hong Kong people, are laudable.