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Carrie Lam policy address 2018

Carrie Lam policy address 2018
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A general view of Peng Chau island from Lantau, where authorities plan to develop artificial islands for the Lantau Tomorrow Vision project. Photo: Reuters
Lantau Tomorrow Vision

Hong Kong environmentalists call for rethink of land-supply law changes

Changes would reduce public consultations at the Town Planning Board, limit the attendance of residents to focus on ‘key issues’.

Carrie Lam

Why housing was not Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s biggest headache

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Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong leader hails ‘timely and essential’ security law

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Hong Kong housing

Letters | Lantau Tomorrow and 2030 Plus: why the drastic changes in just three years?

From the amount of land to be reclaimed, to estimates of office space to be created and the impact on transport, the changes in numbers and projections raise questions.

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Hong Kong airport as seen from the Tiger’s Head trail on Lantau Island. The 2030 Plus results were published in 2016, but its key findings have been now been declared inadequate. Photo: Huy Truong
Hong Kong housing

Letters | Is there a viable transport plan in place for East Lantau Metropolis?

The lessons of the delays and huge cost overruns on the high-speed rail project, resulting from undue haste to push ahead, seem to have been forgotten already.

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Carrie Lam

Letters | Hong Kong is failing to walk the talk on better childcare

The so-called “improvement” of childcare services will fail on two counts: it won’t be able to effectively facilitate child development, or to alleviate the financial burden of parents.

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Climate change

Letters | Before Lantau Tomorrow, what Hong Kong needs to do today

The UN has called for tripled efforts to reduce carbon emission and limit global warming, but the Hong Kong government does not seem to have considered the carbon footprint of its Lantau artificial islands plan

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A hiker takes a breather on the popular Lo Fu Tau trail in Lantau North Country Park, with Discovery Bay and Peng Chau island seen in the distance. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced in October her ambitious ‘Lantau Tomorrow Vision’, which proposes creating artificial islands spanning 1,700 hectares off the eastern coast of Lantau Island. Photo: Robert Ng
Hong Kong economy

Want to make manufacturing in Hong Kong great again? Give us space

City leader Carrie Lam has ambitions to revitalise Hong Kong’s ageing industries but factory owners hoping to expand or go into new areas of production have a tough time finding suitable premises.

Hong Kong housing

Letters | Lantau reclamation must go ahead, but more transparency is needed

Hong Kong housing

Letters | Five contradictions in Carrie Lam’s Lantau Tomorrow Vision

From its population estimates to financial planning, the project to create artificial islands to the east of Lantau Island by reclamation raises many questions.

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An aerial view of Sunshine Island in the waters east of Lantau. Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced a reclamation project in the area. Photo: Winson Wong

Video | Fishermen fear reclamation could cost their livelihoods

Hong Kong fishermen fear reclamation could cost their livelihoods
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Hong Kong housing

Letters | Why ‘Lantau Tomorrow’ could fail if ‘Greater Bay Area’ plan succeeds

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong government to split up troubled Transport and Housing Bureau

Office, created 11 years ago, recently plagued by construction scandal, legal wrangles and frequent rush-hour MTR breakdowns.

Carrie Lam

Lam to press ahead with reclamation, whether public likes it or not

City leader cites need to ‘make a responsible response to those waiting’ for public housing.

A protest in October against the reclamation plan, which has drawn the ire of some groups. Photo: Edmond So
My Take

My Take | Time has come for the Legislative Council not to say thanks

Lawmakers can save everyone’s time by agreeing to scrap the motion, a hangover from the colonial days, of expressing gratitude to the chief executive for the policy address.

Lawmakers can save everyone’s time by agreeing to scrap another colonial tradition – tabling a motion of thanks for the chief executive for delivering the annual policy blueprint. Photo: Nora Tam
Smoking and vaping

Letters | Why a smoke-free Hong Kong could soon be on the horizon

Carrie Lam

Legco passes motion thanking Hong Kong leader for policy address

Three-day debate spanned some 34 hours, after many lawmakers used up their 30 minutes of speaking time.

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Education

Letters | Hong Kong’s new childcare centre staff ratios are a throwback to the ’70s

Law Chi-kwong, Hong Kong’s Labour and Welfare secretary, visits a childcare centre in Tin Shui Wai in July 2017. Photo: David Wong
Hong Kong housing

Opponents of Lantau reclamation plan launch petition campaign

Campaign, which includes pro-democracy parties and advocacy groups, hopes to garner enough signatures to make government think twice about estimated HK$500 billion project.

Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam’s policy address likely to be approved by Legco members

Lantau land reclamation plan the main point of contention, with pan-democrats saying it is impractical and not delivering quickly enough. But with pro-establishment majorities in both constituencies, motion of thanks should pass.

Hong Kong housing

Majority of Hongkongers worried about cost of reclamation plan, survey finds

Civic Party poll of 3,236 residents finds many also believe the government should first make use of existing land resources.

Civic Party lawmaker Kwok Ka-Kai. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong to test system that detects suspicious behaviour by prisoners

Computer video analysis will help spot erratic or aggressive motions and send alert to staff.

It is not known where the new surveillance system will be rolled out. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong housing

Opinion | Why the Lantau Tomorrow Vision is an investment in Hong Kong

The Lantau Tomorrow Vision project would cost less than 20 per cent of Hong Kong’s GDP and has the potential to deliver substantial long-term economic benefits, in addition to alleviating the shortage of affordable housing.

Hong Kong housing

Quick nod likely for reclamation study, head of finance panel says

Fast approval for a feasibility study would be likely because rule changes have made filibustering difficult, says Finance Committee chairman Chan Kin-por.

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Hong Kong housing

Why Hong Kong needs to rethink Lantau artificial island

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An aerial view of Ping Shan in the New Territories where the Liber Research Community has identified a cluster of brownfield sites. Photo: Roy Issa
Climate change

Lantau reclamation plan reveals Hong Kong remains blind to the real costs

A girl wears make-up depicting the threat to Hong Kong’s iconic pink dolphins if the mega reclamation project off Lantau Island goes ahead, at a protest on October 14. Photo: Edward Wong
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong ‘could make trillions of dollars’ in Lantau reclamation deal

Former lawmaker Kaizer Lau, who works for Our Hong Kong Foundation, believes project will break even in 20 years, and the more city spends, the more it can make.

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Women and gender

Why more maternity leave won’t bridge the gender gap

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