CY Leung 'will not take easy options in big speech' (video)
Chief executive not expecting policy address to revive his popularity figures
Leung Chun-ying will roll out measures to address deep-rooted social problems like housing, environmental protection, the ageing population and economic development in his maiden policy address.
But a government source said the chief executive did not expect his flagging popularity to turn a corner after he delivers his speech tomorrow as he is determined to "to spend the next five years resolving Hong Kong's pressing problems".
He is expected to highlight ways to form a land reserve for housing by methods including land reclamation and building flats in green belt areas with little ecological value.
And he is likely to explain what sort of subsidised housing will be built on four sites - in Diamond Hill, Sha Tin, Tai Po and Tuen Mun - earmarked for the My Home Purchase Plan, a programme under the Housing Society to sell subsidised flats.
Leung wrote in his blog yesterday that the policy address would form his policy blueprint for the next five years.
A survey by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme early this month found 91 per cent of about 1,000 respondents considered housing issues as "very important" and "quite important"; 88 per cent chose medical policy issues and 87 per cent opted for welfare issues.