Letters | Carrie Lam’s Hong Kong policy address is one more reason she must step down

Having read the chief executive’s policy address, I can only conclude that the Hong Kong government is now directionless. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is only using the city coffers to redeem her sins. She has been in government for decades as a high-ranking official. What she proposed in the address could have been done years ago. I also fear that the relaxation of mortgage rates may raise property prices when she should be trying to do just the opposite.

And that would be ironic, what with the property prices now going down slowly as a result of the unrest. Does it mean that we should praise the protesters/rioters for this, as the government is unable to rein in the market?

Lam dares not be heavy-handed on protesters, given the fact that she has done something wrong in the first place. What is hilarious is that she is now trying to put the blame on others, namely her cabinet, as she has said that she might reshuffle it when the unrest dies down.