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Hong Kong/ Politics

Ex-chief secretary Akers-Jones urges Carrie Lam to get tough on land use

David Akers-Jones says incoming chief executive must have a ‘strong hand’ when she takes office

David Akers-Jones. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Former chief secretary David Akers-Jones has urged Hong Kong’s next leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to tackle the city’s problems with firmness and honesty, saying issues such as the land shortage were a “shame and disgrace”.

The 90-year-old ex-official, who supported former security minister Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee in the city’s leadership race in March, also described Lam as “a determined person who has a gentle side to her nature”.