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CY Leung policy address 2014

Cyd Ho Sau-lan suggested bringing back rental caps along the lines of those introduced in the 1970s amid a similar housing shortage. Photo: Sam Tsang

New | Return to rental caps proposed as Legco debates Leung Chun-ying's policy address

Lawmakers criticise government for failure to improve housing crisis, as Labour Party's Cyd Ho floats reintroduction of annual rental caps scrapped in 1998.

Opinion | CY Leung's housing policies have made situation worse

Policy address neglected needs of children in city

Opinion | Conflict between Leung Chun-ying and John Tsang Chun-wah can spur debate on city's future

What happens to a government when its leader and its financial chief seem to be at odds; not about anything personal, but due to conflicting views on government spending?

CY scheme to shorten land premium negotiations is open to graft, lawyer says

The scheme was announced by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in his policy address earlier this month, with the aim of shortening land premium negotiations - during which a developer can sit on land set aside for redevelopment for years.

Opinion | Don't take Hong Kong's middle class to be misers

I'm going to call it: the biggest loser of the policy address is the middle class. But it's not because they got "nothing" from the policy address, as Voice of the Middle Class chairman Alvin Lee Chi-wing claimed.

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Proposed accounting rule on public spending would tie government hands

Ever since Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced the new provisions of more than HK$10 billion a year for the poor and grass roots in his policy address, the fiscal hawks have been coming out of the woodwork.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying

Hong Kong cannot afford the false luxury of wasting water

In his policy address last week, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying made it clear that "Hong Kong needs sustained economic growth to address issues such as poverty, housing, an ageing society, environmental protection and the upward mobility of our young people". Sound familiar? Yes, it is an elaboration of Deng Xiaoping's famous saying, "Development is an absolute principle".

Business leaders quiz Leung on sustainability of his welfare package

CY Leung's policy address deserves praise for thoughtful anti-poverty measures

After reading and listening to various responses to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's policy address last week, I am convinced some people are impossible to please. I am not talking about those who say the middle class or small business should get more, or who are impatient for solutions to big problems like housing or pollution. To some extent, these people have a point.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying attends a question & answer session on his policy address. Photo: Sam Tsang

Lam convinced Leung to shelve plan to scrap MPF 'offsetting' mechanism: source

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam. Photo: Sam Tsang

CY Leung's vision for Hong Kong fails the environmental test

The middle class grumbled that there was nothing for them in the chief executive's policy address. The greenies probably feel the same way, given the lack of powerful initiatives from Leung Chun-ying to tackle our major environmental challenges, from poor air quality and ever-growing waste, to ridiculous energy wastage and the conservation of country parks.

More express dissatisfaction with Leung Chun-ying's policy address, new poll finds

Just 23 per cent of Hongkongers are satisfied with the policy address despite the announcement that more than HK$10 billion will go towards new measures to help the poor, a University of Hong Kong survey showed.

Buyers look at Discovery Bay property after Metropolis announcement

Interest in new homes in Discovery Bay is on the rise as potential buyers are lured to the area by the prospect of capital gains resulting from the construction of the East Lantau Metropolis an artificial island that is to be built to the east of Lantau.

Leung Chun-ying

'Give the middle class tax breaks' urges Taxation Institute

Next month's budget should feature higher tax allowances and bigger deductions to make up for the fact the middle class got "nothing" from last week's policy address, the Taxation Institute said.

Joseph Yau

Hong Kong lawmakers snub debate on city's hottest issue: housing

The housing panel was due to discuss measures announced in the chief executive's policy address last week. But chairman Wong Kwok-hing called off the meeting after 15 minutes yesterday when the quorum of eight members had not been met, as required by its rules.

Middle-class backlash over cash for poor 'could stop budget sweeteners'

A backlash against the billions of dollars spent on the poor in the policy address means the government will be able to avoid handing out sweeteners in next month's budget, a government source says.

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Has Hong Kong government's cutback on policy address print copies been justified?

The government is printing fewer copies of the chief executive's policy address these days. The move raises the question: is the administration's effort encouraging people to read the policy blueprint in a more environmentally friendly way, or are they just not reading it at all.

The paper copy of this year's policy address. Photo: Xinhua

'Hong Kong could run out of money within 20 years', warns John Tsang ahead of budget

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah warned yesterday that fears public spending was rising too fast were "not without reason" - doing little to ease talk of a split with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.

Adviser says CY Leung is living up to promises by 'starting research'

The public should not expect Leung Chun-ying to implement all of his election pledges within his five-year term, a key adviser to the chief executive says. Instead, according to Executive Council member Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, Leung could be said to have lived up to his promises by starting to research the changes.

Rally calls for Leung Chun-ying to fulfil 15-year free-schooling pledge

Education concern groups across the political spectrum staged a rally yesterday, slamming Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying for failing to honour his election pledge to introduce free kindergarten education in his policy address last week.

Eddie Ng Hak-kim, Secretary for Education

Opinion | Middle class finds it's all give, no take

Who belongs to the middle class? A joke doing the rounds in political circles has it that the person who solves the conundrum could be wise enough to become chief executive.

Middle class shouldn't begrudge doing good things for the poor

The immaturity of some of our politicians shows no sign of abating, as is evident from their responses to the policy address delivered last week by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.

Opinion | A sweetener-free policy address is just what Hong Kong needs

The fact that the chief executive isn't the life and soul of any party isn't news. He's not the type to dazzle, so when the time came for his second policy address, there wasn't a lot of pre-address fanfare, which was really kind of nice.

CY Leung's policy address lacks vision to transform Hong Kong

Every year, in the run-up to the delivery of the policy address, political parties make a mad dash to meet the chief executive or demonstrate outside the government's headquarters to press their demands for sundry measures to improve people's livelihood. Demands for affordable housing have topped the list, followed by demands for more support for the working poor, more hospitals, more homes for the elderly, and more public funding for preschool education, to name a few.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in a question & answer session on his policy address at the Legislative Council.

HK$10 billion discrepancy over welfare bill after policy address

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying

Satisfaction with policy address down from last year, says HKU poll

Environment Secretary offers few details on long-term waste plans

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CY Leung policy address 2014
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying makes his second address.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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