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Carrie Lam policy address 2019

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Carrie Lam

Why housing was not Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s biggest headache

Transport policies stand out among 33 initiatives that did not materialise during Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s term.

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong to hit target of building 15,000 transitional homes by 2023: leader

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong factory sites to provide 4,200 public flats to ease housing crunch

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Greater Bay Area

Letters | Hong Kong aviation will soar with Zhuhai airport move

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An artist’s impression of expansion plans at Hong Kong International Airport, where a third runway costing HK$144 billion will be built. The Airport Authority will also expand its investment in the smaller Zhuhai airport to build a “world-class aviation cluster” in the region. Photo: Handout
Xi Jinping

Opinion | What China’s carbon neutral pledge means for Hong Kong

Decarbonisation would be a good framework for Carrie Lam’s upcoming policy address as Hong Kong tries to keep up with mainland reforms amid fractious politics, civil service inertia, and growing Greater Bay Area competition.

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Hong Kong housing

Opinion | Why Hong Kong’s government must wrest back control of housing market

All-too-powerful private developers are at the heart of the housing crisis and drastic measures are called for, such as land expropriation or a Hong Kong sovereign wealth fund to compete in the market.

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Hong Kong housing

Historic Hong Kong cafe prepares to say goodbye

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Uncertain future for some residents of Kowloon squatter village

Villagers who bought homes illegally or rent subdivided units worry they’ll get nothing as only those who registered as squatters in 1982 are assured of compensation package.

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Hong Kong protests

Letters | Why Carrie Lam should ask Beijing to extend 2047 deadline

Uncertainty over life post-2047 is at the heart of the Hong Kong protests. Lobbying to extend ‘one country, two systems’ and the rule of law beyond 2047 could help Lam safeguard the city’s capital markets and young people’s future.

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Hong Kong protests

Letters | Address was a failure, but Carrie Lam can still be a success

The chief executive’s policy address had a few good bits, such as welfare initiatives, but was criticised with good reason by lawmakers of all stripes and the media.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam leaves the Legislative Council chamber on October 16 without presenting her policy address after opposition lawmakers disrupt proceedings. The address was later delivered via video. Photo: Reuters
Accidents and personal safety

Why an industrial accident could mean a life of pain and poverty

Hong Kong has seen a spate of work injuries in recent years with the government pushing ahead with major infrastructure projects.

Ten workers died during construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong protests

Opinion | To restore peace, Hong Kong must accept the pain of drastic economic reform

High land prices, the currency peg and low taxes are just some flaws in Hong Kong’s deeply unfair economic system, which needs to be overhauled. Big businesses and existing homeowners must make painful sacrifices if the city’s problems are to be solved.

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Letters | A better future for Hong Kong? Start by ending Legco chaos

Endless disruption and heckling is foolish; pro-democracy lawmakers should be listening, criticising and making recommendations for a better Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong housing

Easing mortgage caps alone is not the answer to Hong Kong’s housing conundrum

The key to affordable homes remains in boosting land supply, a goal that the government should not take its eyes off

On one hand, home prices should not be out of the reach of those with genuine needs. On the other hand, a sudden crash would spell trouble for homeowners.
Carrie Lam

Letters | Carrie Lam’s policy address is more proof she must resign

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Carrie Lam’s visit to the Legislative Council on October 17 for the chief executive’s question and answer session was cut short after opposition lawmakers shouted her down. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong environmental issues

Back up environmental talk with action on electric cars, ombudsman says

Office of the Ombudsman said its investigation found a host of problems, including a rising number of complaints about parking spaces designated for electric cars being occupied by other vehicles.

Hong Kong protests

Letters | Why Hong Kong media needs to stop blaming Carrie Lam

Critics of the latest policy address are indifferent to its contents, choosing rather to highlight the lack of a response to the five demands of protesters. The implicit support of misguided critics is the reason protesters are not retreating.

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Hong Kong housing

Government looks at moving cargo hub to make way for new town

Residential settlement on land including existing site of River Trade Terminal would be on scale of other new towns in Hong Kong, says minister.

The River Trade terminal in Tuen Mun could be moved to Lung Kwu Tan to allow for the development of a new settlement, under plans being considered by the government. Photo: Google
Inside Out & Outside In

Inside Out | What Hong Kong’s crisis and Britain’s Brexit woes have in common

In both cases, deep societal rifts and a political misstep combined to wreak political civil war and economic harm, leaving deep, perhaps permanent scars. Brexit’s lesson for Hong Kong? It is hard to stuff the genie back in the bottle.

Hong Kong property

Carrie Lam defends minister over property purchases made before policy address

Hong Kong leader says senior official not involved in prior discussions on relaxing mortgage restrictions. Patrick Nip apologises for raising public concern, but insists neither he nor his family gains from the new measures.

Hong Kong protests

Exclusive | Hong Kong government must tackle issues head on: Wizard of Oz

Lynton Crosby, the election campaign strategist behind the Conservative Party’s 2015 election win, says the Hong Kong government must deal with the causes of the protest and come up with a plan to address the problem.

Lynton Crosby, CEO of CT Group, says ‘when you have a crisis is you cannot leave a vacuum’. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong protests

Opinion | Three lessons from the 1977 police mutiny for Hong Kong today

When police mutinied in 1977 against an ICAC probe into corruption within the force, the governor of the time backed down, quickly ending a profound crisis. Carrie Lam’s policy address was perhaps the last chance for her to apply similar political solutions to the current crisis. Unfortunately, she completely missed the mark.

The words: “Five demands, not one less”, are projected by pro-democracy lawmakers onto the wall behind Chief Executive Carrie Lam as she prepares to deliver her policy address in the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, on October 16. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong leader open to possibility of overhauling cabinet when protests end

Embattled leader also says she will not tolerate any violent or unlawful acts, when asked about alleged police brutality.

Inside Out & Outside In

One-two blow of protests and trade spat won’t kill Hong Kong

The impact of the unrest has been quick and devastating, but the city has lived through worse crises. While longer-term damage from the trade war is more of a worry, Hong Kong is not alone in this.

Hong Kong protests

Opinion | Parents and teachers must provide moral guidance to wayward youth

In the city’s darkest hour, its elders to exert their moral authority. Parents must rein in their children, educators must teach that violence is wrong and politicians must step up and shape Hong Kong’s future.

Youngsters at the “Protect Children’s Future” rally in Hong Kong on August 10. Half a million students with a grouse come packaged with a million parents. Photo: May Tse
Poverty

Enhanced welfare package will lift some 27,000 people out of poverty

Welfare chief Law Chi-kwong says the measures will lower poverty rate by 0.4 per cent.

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong. Photo: Jonathan Wong
US-China trade war

China stocks lose most in a month as growth outlook dampens

China’s third-quarter GDP growth, at 6.0 per cent, was the lowest on record and fuelled doubts about the efficiency of stimulus measures

Hong Kong protests

Opinion | To save Hong Kong, pro-democracy lawmakers must paralyse Legco

The Legislative Council is becoming a rubber stamp for Carrie Lam’s administration. Pro-democracy lawmakers must adopt a strategy of ‘if we burn, you burn with us’ and make pro-establishment types feel the cost of continuing to support Lam.

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Carrie Lam policy address 2019
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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