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(March 16): A leader of a new pro-Beijing political party said an overhaul of how Hong Kong picks its leaders could weaken property interests enough to enact policies to address the financial hub’s infamous housing issues.
An “outdated legislature” and “a lot of other political bickering” have gotten in the way of solving the city’s housing problem, Bauhinia Party co-founder Charles Wong Chau-chi said in an interview Tuesday.
“If we have electoral systems that are far more open, with the right representation, then in a way we can actually dilute a lot of the political, a lot of monopoly you’re talking about,” Wong told Bloomberg Television. “A long-term housing policy in Hong Kong is necessary, so no one should stand in its way.”
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Think back to last August when the province announced its back-to-school plan.
Critics argued the plan to reopen schools would put students and teachers at risk of catching COVID-19. Not surprisingly, opposition politicians denounced the plan.
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Despite these criticisms, the province went ahead with reopening schools. Except for the first two weeks of January after the winter break, most schools have remained open since the beginning of September.
Now that we have completed more than half the school year, we can safely say that reopening schools in September was the right decision. So was the decision to keep most schools open when COVID-19 cases spiked in November and December.