In her latest policy address on Wednesday, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam unveiled a plan to transform northern Hong Kong into a metropolis covering about 300 square kilometers. Experts noted that it is the best time in Hong Kong for this ambitious plan, which is expected to be a historic opportunity for the city to get back on track.
On this year s National Day, Hong Kong residents held various activities to joyfully celebrate the holiday. Five-star red flags dazzled the city of over 7 million people and classic patriotic songs such as Me and My Motherland echoed through the air a stunning contrast to the scenes on the same day two years ago.
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Chief Executive Carrie Lam is expected to answer Beijing’s call to ease Hong Kong’s housing crisis and deepen integration with mainland China in the final policy address of her current term.
By Twinnie Siu and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong is at a new start for development under a national security law imposed last year, leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday as she unveiled plans for tackling a long-standing housing shortage in the Chinese-ruled city. Authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have long blamed unaffordable housing in the former British colony for deep-rooted resentment that they say helped fuel anti-government protests in 2019. At the centre of plans announced by Lam in her last policy address in this term of office is a Northern Metropolis on the border with the mainland s technology hub of Shenzhen, covering 300 square kilometres. It will ultimately have some 926,000 homes - more than half to be newly built - for some 2.5 million people. Fortunately, the implementation of the National Security Law and the improvement to our electoral system have restored safety and stability in society. Hong Kong is now ready again for a new start for economic develop