Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media before attending the Executive Council meeting at government headquarters, in Hong Kong, on January 7. Photo: May Tse
Opinion
Opinion
Reflections
If Carrie Lam is ‘governing without action’, it is not working very well
- The Taoist philosophy is best understood as taking minimum action and leaving things to run their natural course
- But in testing times the passive approach might not be advisable – as evidenced by Hong Kong’s current situation
Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media before attending the Executive Council meeting at government headquarters, in Hong Kong, on January 7. Photo: May Tse