Exclusive‘Further reforms’: John Lee vows more changes ahead for economy
Hong Kong leader also says city’s five-year plan will secure policy continuity while ensuring ‘attention, energy and resources’ align with wider developments
Noting how the economy had rebounded strongly, the city leader also said that Hong Kong’s first five-year plan would secure policy continuity while making sure the government’s “attention, energy and resources” would be aligned with national and global developments.
“The road to further reforms and making changes to long-standing problems still has a lot of challenges and tasks ahead. We will continue to work hard,” Lee told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview.
“There are interim risks, of course. I think economically, we have quite a positive outlook.”
He backed his confidence by pointing to the government’s recent forecast of full-year real growth at between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent, buoyed by a 5.9 per cent year-on-year expansion in the first three months of 2026 – the fastest quarterly pace since 2021.