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John Lee policy address 2022
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Housing is Hong Kong leader John Lee’s priority, but Labour and Welfare Bureau gets the most targets to meet

  • Labour and Welfare Bureau will also work on boosting city’s competitiveness
  • Development Bureau gets a heavy load, especially to streamline land supply and cut red tape

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The chief executive has set 29 indicators related to solving Hong Kong’s housing problems. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu’s first policy address set out almost 200 performance indicators for the government, with many concerning land and housing, but it is the Labour and Welfare Bureau that has the most tasks to tackle, a check by the Post has found.
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The chief executive had 29 indicators related to solving the city’s pressing public and private housing needs and they were shared between two bureaus, Development and Housing.

The Labour and Welfare Bureau was handed most of the 24 indicators aimed at boosting the city’s competitiveness – Lee’s second key area of focus after housing – along with 10 welfare goals.

Chief Executive John Lee. Photo: Sam Tsang
Chief Executive John Lee. Photo: Sam Tsang

The government said it had set out 110 indicators, but a review by the Post showed some had multiple targets, making for a total of 194.

Youth development had the third highest number of indicators, with 18. They are related to everything from boosting internship opportunities in mainland China and overseas to producing the first youth development blueprint by year’s end.

These mostly come under the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, which has 14 indicators.

Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted youth issues when he visited Hong Kong in July and spoke of the need to galvanise the power of young people. It was a point reiterated by Lee in his policy address.
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