I wonder how many people are really happy with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's first policy address last month.
Leung's failure to address Hong Kong's housing problem has caused his popularity to drop to a new low.
Although Leung understands fully that the housing problem is a matter of the greatest public concern, he does so little to tackle it. Consequently, both the chief executive and his government have been sternly criticised and are considered by many to be incapable of doing what really needs to be done.
To be fair, we saw a number of long-term plans proposed in Leung's policy address, but they cannot meet the pressing needs of the public now.
As a result, the policy address has aroused a great deal of social discontent.
In response, Leung has begun talking tough with the developers and has threatened to slap a tax on their unsold flats left vacant. According to top officials and political critics, however, such a tax would be difficult to implement.
