"The home purchase restriction should be used as a short-term measure rather than a long-term solution. Just like a patient who needs surgery. The doctor should anesthetize the patient before the surgery. But the surgery should be done anyway."

Pan Shiyi, chairman of property developer SOHO China, speaking at a meeting on property market regulation at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Boao, Hainan province, on Monday.

(China Daily 04/10/2013 page2)