11.   There will be no income ceiling for home buyers, as is often the case for tenants or buyers of housing renovated with city funds.

12.   There would be no income ceiling for the child-care credit, officials said.

13.   Property stocks were lower, offsetting some of the gains elsewhere after the government proposed to curb the income ceiling and asset limits of subsidised housing, dealers said.

14.   The emphasis of the wage reform this year would be to limit income ceilings, guarantee minimum salaries and maintain moderate growth in average wages, it said.