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In final policy address, CY Leung touts economic development and warns against Hong Kong independence
Remarks are longest of chief executive’s five-year term and recall past campaign promises while addressing challenges city now faces
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Hongkongers may have had only modest expectations about Leung Chun-ying’s swansong policy address. Any grand plans the city’s top official might have had for the city were likely abandoned after his surprise U-turn last month announcing he would not seek re-election in March.
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Watch: CY Leung’s final policy address
In the end, Leung revisited some of his election promises. Here are some of the most significant moments before, during and after his remarks.
1.57pm – Civic Party opens fire
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Civic Party leader Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu criticises the chief executive for failing to address how is he going to mend the social and political divide that he “caused”.
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