Natalie Wong
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In Focus | Why softer focus on national security in Hong Kong’s 5-year plan won’t happen (opens the original)
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Experts expect John Lee’s policy address to set ambitious governance agenda on various social and economic issues, but security will underpin them all In the first of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natalie Wong and Matthew Cheng look at the key political issues and the city leader’s hopes for a second term. Observers are closely watching where the two blueprints will take Hong Kong, and whether the synergy of high-level strategic
Heatwave to persist in Hong Kong before thunderstorms set in midweek (opens the original)
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Very hot weather warning remains in force, with temperatures to reach 35 degrees on Sunday and Monday Scorching weather will persist across Hong Kong on Sunday and Monday, with maximum temperatures climbing to 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) before a low-pressure system brings squally thunderstorms and unsettled weather by midweek. The very hot weather warning has been in force since 6.45am on Sunday, with temperatures across the city ranging from 28 to 33 degrees, according to the Hong Kong
URA posts HK$338 million operating surplus after three years of losses (opens the original)
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Chairman Chow Chung-kong reveals at URA’s 25th anniversary banquet that body has returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year At a banquet on Friday to mark the statutory body’s 25th anniversary, chairman Chow Chung-kong announced that the URA had returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year, recording an operating surplus to fund ongoing urban renewal initiatives. That followed three consecutive financial years of losses. Earlier this year, the cash-strapped body raised HK$8 billion by
In Focus | Why does Hong Kong need a 5-year plan – and will it curb its free-market economy? (opens the original)
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As Hong Kong embraces long-term planning for the first time, economists and officials debate whether strategic state guidance can coexist with its open, market-led economy Economist Heiwai Tang has a line he likes to use on free-market purists: “The market is almost always right, but it’s not always right.” “We should not be the last defender of laissez-faire, which has created a lot of prosperity for many people but has also created a lot of long-term structural problems that cannot easily be o
Hong Kong leader to hold town hall on Sunday to gather views on twin blueprints (opens the original)
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While leader has held public session for policy address in previous years, Tuen Mun meeting is first face-to-face exchange with residents over five-year plan Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and his ministers will hold the first district consultation session to gather views on his coming policy address and the city’s inaugural five-year plan in Tuen Mun on Sunday. Only government-chosen residents and district representatives were invited to the exchange at the venue, sources said on Sa
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