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From artificial islands to maternity leave: five things to watch out for in Carrie Lam’s 2018 policy address
Carrie Lam is expected to announce at least 250 initiatives during her second policy address
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will present her second policy address in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, and she is expected to unveil no fewer than 250 new initiatives.
She said last month she would be locking herself up to work on her speech, which is the chief executive’s major annual address setting out the government’s new policies and goals for the year ahead.
Lam took office in July last year and saw her approval rating sink to a new low recently with criticism of her handling of Typhoon Mangkhut, and said she hoped to present a policy address that could reverse that perception.
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She will be doing things her way when she presents her second policy address.
As she did in her maiden address last year, Lam will make a short speech in the Legislative Council, unlike her predecessor Leung Chun-ying’s preference for delivering a long address.
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And unlike past leaders who chose different colours and themes for the bound copies of their annual policy blueprint each year, Lam is sticking with sky blue – the colour she used for her election campaign and first address last year.
All eyes are on her plans to increase land supply amid a severe housing shortage in Hong Kong.
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