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Olga Wong
Olga Wong
Hong Kong
@Olgawys
Deputy Hong Kong Editor
Olga Wong supervises operations of the city desk, with a focus on news coverage about public health, housing, environment and other social issues at the Post since 2007.

Insiders hint ‘only some measures might be lifted’ while analysts say they are sceptical that home prices will soar even if all cooling measures are removed.

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With fourth deficit in five years being estimated to be over HK$100 billion, Chan expected to deliver measures to boost income, cut expenditures and develop new industries.

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City’s first satellite manufacturer, Uspace Technology Group, expects half of the units it produces annually will go to the Greater Bay Area, to spur digital transformation.

Hong Kong Design Centre says display at Statue Square Gardens in Central to take a pause as winds speed exceed tolerable limit for 12-metre heart-shaped installation.

Population health professor Paul Yip says housing incentive will be much more successful way to encourage childbirth than handing out one-off cash allowance.

Measures to boost birth rate and improve city’s innovation hub status are also high on the agenda as Lee plots fixes for structural problems in economy, source says.

Five years into Xiang Zhang’s tenure as president, powerful positions still do not have permanent hires, while other top employees are taking on multiple roles.

The task force was set up last week at a crucial time for Hong Kong’s capital market. About HK$115 billion of shares changed hands everyday on average in the first six months, a drop of about 16 per cent from last year.

Former commerce secretary Frederick Ma, also an adviser to the city’s leader, raises idea after earlier opposing housing plan to build 12,000 affordable flats on plot.