SCMP Debate: What do you think about Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address?
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of criticism, with claims that he failed to fully address vital issues and did not set out how he would achieve many of his manifesto pledges. We asked academics, businesspeople, representatives of concern groups and a member of the twenty-something generation for their views on Leung's speech and his prospects for his five-year term of office.
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of criticism, with claims that he failed to fully address vital issues and did not set out how he would achieve many of his manifesto pledges. We asked academics, businesspeople, representatives of concern groups and a member of the twenty-something generation for their views on Leung's speech and his prospects for his five-year term of office.
Q1 Judging from Leung Chun-ying’s maiden policy address, are you convinced that the chief executive has the leadership and determination to resolve deep-rooted problems in Hong Kong?
Q2 Do you think the Leung Chun-ying administration is taking a more proactive role on economic and social development? How proactive should the government’s role in economic and social development be?
Q3 Leung Chun-ying announced in the policy address the establishment of 16 committees to study such issues as standard working hours and free kindergarten education. Leung said those committees would study the feasibility of those initiatives, but critics say he is trying to procrastinate. Do you agree with Leung’s decision?