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Lilian Cheng
Lilian Cheng
Hong Kong
@cwylilian
Senior Correspondent, Hong Kong
Lilian joined the Post in 2019 as a senior reporter covering Hong Kong politics, Hong Kong-mainland issues, as well as housing and land policies. She started her career at Ming Pao in 2010 and was then a principal reporter at i-Cable News. She has won awards for her reports on a major historic relic discovery in Hong Kong, as well as vote-rigging problems in local elections.

Insiders reveal calculated strategy to catch foreign powers off guard and curb impact of potential sanctions or smear campaigns ahead of passing of Article 23 bill.

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Chief Executive John Lee says he has written to the Legislative Council president, telling him enactment of law is a constitutional responsibility of the entire city.

Legislative Council calls two special meetings in coming days, potentially paving way for government to unveil draft of home-grown security law required under Article 23.

Immediate scrapping of property curbs, issuing of large amounts of bonds for infrastructure among measures unveiled in finance chief Paul Chan’s budget address.

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Xia Baolong, director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, visits West Kowloon Cultural District on second last day of his trip and holds discussions with youngsters.

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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Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, says his visit is to understand city’s economic development, governance and other conditions.

Xia Baolong’s fact-finding visit comes at crucial time given concerns over economy and proposed national security law, tycoon and political observers say.

Xia Baolong, who leads Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, to meet city leader John Lee, top officials, business sector representatives and young people to gather feedback on number of issues, sources say.

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‘Following the opening of borders earlier last year … We have returned to about 70 to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels,’ commerce chief Algernon Yau says.

Triangular site between International Financial Centre and Central Ferry Pier No 7 in Central among locations being considered for new museum, government source says.

The term first appeared locally in April 2021 in a speech by Luo Huining, then director of Beijing’s liaison office, to mark Hong Kong’s first National Security Education Day.

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Some attendees saying pass Article 23 legislation ‘as quickly as possible’ and then focus on using Hong Kong as platform to capture regional opportunities, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.

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