Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor

29 Apr 2013

Apparently targeting former commissioner Timothy Tong Hin-ming for the first time, Lam said that while the Independent Commission Against Corruption was independent of the government, its officers...

9:05AM

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Ministers sweep into hygiene roles in clean-up drive

27 Apr 2013

The No 2 in the government hunkers down to clean railings at a wet market, the housing minister scrubs the floor in another market while the education chief wields a broom in Sai Kung's town...

4:19AM

Lam regrets filibuster over quake donation

25 Apr 2013

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was disappointment yesterday after lawmakers failed to vote on a proposal to donate HK$100 million to the Sichuan earthquake relief effort amid concerns...

11:04AM

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Hong Kong government may raise civil servants' retirement age

23 Mar 2013

Civil servants in Hong Kong might have to work longer until retirement, as the government reviews the existing retirement age of 60. It is one of the options under consideration to deal with the...

4:40AM

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Hong Kong looks abroad to solve manpower crisis

21 Mar 2013

A committee headed by Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will look at ways to replenish the city's workforce from "sources outside Hong Kong" to tackle a manpower shortage.

4:42AM

Fire inspection of 6,500 buildings near hawker stalls planned

19 Mar 2013

The Hong Kong government will launch a fire safety inspection operation of 6,500 buildings near hawker stalls this summer, Acting Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday morning...

4:19PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Carrie Lam wants Team Clean to return

The government is planning a new citywide clean-up campaign, similar to the 2003 Team Clean initiative launched after the Sars pandemic a decade ago, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor...

3:45AM

Carrie Lam promotes Hong Kong industry to Qianhai in Beijing

Hong Kong firms from the legal, financial and construction sectors hope to capitalise on business opportunities created by the Qianhai experimental zone, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor...

3:44AM

Sales of Cheung Kong hotel suites face more scrutiny

The government says it will "follow up" on Cheung Kong's sales of hotel suites, but experts say it will be difficult to check if buyers are breaking hotel regulations by treating their units as...

11:25AM

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POLITICS

Legco rejects thanks for CY Leung speech

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's first policy address was given the thumbs down at a Legislative Council meeting last night.

4:59AM

Hong Kong poverty line expected to be set within three months

An official poverty line is expected to be drawn within three months, said a leading professional, as a board of government-appointed experts held a meeting on the issue on Monday.

9:53PM

POVERTY

Relief measures for the poor after poverty line established: Carrie Lam

"A poverty line will be set up in October to help quantify the poverty-stricken population for a focused analysis," said Lam on a radio programme yesterday.

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