Hong Kong s Chief Executive John Lee delivered his first policy address on Wednesday, highlighting the need to improve local governance, enhance the city s competitiveness as an international business hub, attract more talented professionals and fix social and economic woes, as the city embarks on a new journey under One Country, Two Systems. Officials and observers believe that a major advantage is that the city is being backed by the mainland, with broader markets and tremendous development opportunities, which will help it outpace other international business hubs such as Singapore in the long term.
Six former employees of Hong Kong s secessionist media Apple Daily are going to plead guilty on the charge of violating the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, according to the court s hearing on Monday.