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John Lee policy address 2025

John Lee policy address 2025
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will deliver his fourth policy blueprint in September.
Illustration: Henry Wong
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong talent scheme: They came for jobs. Will they stay to buy homes?

Imported professionals could sustain the property market – if they put down roots and transition from renting to owning.

Hong Kong economy

Swiss firm aims to help build Hong Kong as an international gold trading hub

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong must ensure labour import scheme does its job

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s semi-private schools eye Southeast Asia as source of extra students

Direct Subsidy Scheme schools announce enrolment strategy to capitalise on government scheme to offer extra spots for non-local pupils.

Indonesia is considered a prime market in the region by Hong Kong’s semi-private schools. Photo: AFP
John Lee

Letters | When it comes to halal inclusivity, John Lee is listening

Readers discuss an exchange with the Hong Kong chief executive, support for mainland Chinese mothers, and the US president’s surprise at China’s rare earth export controls.

Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Yuan boost eyed as Hong Kong’s mainland China spending hits HK$5 billion

Authorities are now exploring ways to increase mainland China payments in renminbi and expand its use.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong lawmakers back Lee’s blueprint, but raise fears over labour imports

Legislators point to jobless rate and call for quotas for certain sectors, stressing that concerns of Hongkongers deserve to be addressed.

Lawmakers have called on the government to further limit labour imports to protect the local workforce. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Letters | Cash transfusion not a cure for Hong Kong couples’ reluctance to have children

Readers discuss government efforts to boost the city’s fertility rate, a church’s conflict with an international school, and China’s attitude to its past.

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Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Think through what it means to discipline Hong Kong’s top civil servants

Unlike ministers, civil servants forced out do not have another career to fall back on but must start again.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong urged to regulate private schools in line with subsidised institutions

Private and international schools should have to regularly disclose their finances and adhere to a self-evaluation checklist, lawmaker says.

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Tsung Tsin Middle School is one of the institutions suspended. Photo: Jelly Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | All-round approach needed as Hong Kong classrooms open to world

The city has the world-class universities, language and location. It now needs to combine these with inclusive teaching and well-being support.

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People walk through the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in Sha Tin on August 26, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong housing

Opinion | Help elderly Hongkongers free up prime housing for younger generations

City’s land resources could be used far more efficiently if living spaces were aligned with residents’ needs and life stages.

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Hong Kong economy

Letters | What Hong Kong must do to truly harness the pet economy’s potential

Readers discuss a proposed scheme to allow pet dogs in restaurants, increasing accountability in the bureaucracy, and museums in deficit.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong leader’s policy address pushed right buttons on mental health

Readers discuss mental health-related measures in the policy blueprint, the closure of kindergartens during inclement weather, and preserving Hong Kong’s food culture.

A man tries a virtual reality experience that takes users back to school to allow them to interact with classmates requiring peer support at the Psychology and Mental Health Fair 2025 organised by the Hong Kong Society of Psychology and Innovation at Central Market on July 19. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong schools turn to property investment as city eyes education hub status

The demand and interest coming from the education segment is bringing some relief to Hong Kong’s struggling commercial real estate sector.

Hong Kong has been ramping up efforts to attract international students following the launch of the ‘Study in Hong Kong’ initiative. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Northern Metropolis

Opinion | To succeed, Northern Metropolis should learn from Silicon Valley model

Government guidance must set the stage, top local universities must star in the show and the market ecosystem must be cultivated for support.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong to look for early lung cancer signs with new AI screening tools

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also says medical fee waiver scheme will be expanded to cover up to 2 million residents.

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Hong Kong tourism

Editorial | Hong Kong’s tourism goals show city’s commitment to innovation

Proposals to promote luxury tours and better utilise museums and public beaches could improve experiences for both visitors and residents.

People enjoy the view of Victoria Harbour from inside the Hong Kong Museum of Art on August 8. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Cash-for-residency scheme must not worsen housing market for locals

Talent scheme an example of how government must balance deepening of talent pool with prioritising needs of Hongkongers.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong could link proposed teacher certificate to living in city: minister

Proposed certificate is new requirement floated in Chief Executive John Lee’s policy address last week.

Hong Kong society

Letters | How new accountability system for Hong Kong civil servants can be impactful

Readers discuss the accountability system proposed in the chief executive’s policy address, and funding for foreign language learning in schools.

People on an escalator look up at the government headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty, on February 22. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How AI can catalyse Hong Kong’s next big economic take-off

The policy address placed AI at the heart of economic strategy. It is time to match ambition with execution.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu attends a press conference on September 17 following his policy address. The policy address declared AI a “core industry”. Photo: Elson Li
Social media

Editorial | Hong Kong’s plan to review screen time guidelines for children is sensible

The challenge will be to ensure new recommendations are embraced and applied, providing young people with greater protection.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | John Lee’s policy address leaves some big questions unanswered

The chief executive’s focus on expediting development of the Northern Metropolis risks overlooking other important areas.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong business chamber spearheads local, mainland Chinese firms’ push abroad

Federation of Hong Kong Industries to lead delegations to Osaka and Hangzhou on the back of recent Vietnam trip highlighted in policy address.

Federation of Hong Kong Industries chairman Anthony Lam (third from left) and other delegates, including Mary Huen, head of the Hong Kong Association of Banks (second from left) and Eddie Yue (right), chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, during a trip to Vietnam in September. Photo: Federation of Hong Kong Industries
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong to expand driverless vehicle testing at 3 locations this year

Vehicles will be trialled at SkyCity, Kai Tak development area and extension of existing North Lantau project, transport secretary says.

Autonomous vehicles at Hong Kong International Airport. The city implemented new regulatory framework for the technology in March of last year. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong economy

Hongkongers to enjoy ‘dividends’ of Northern Metropolis, John Lee promises

City leader stresses importance of using public funds to accelerate development of I&T, housing megaproject, citing 2001 case of science park.

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong’s John Lee rejects suspension mechanism idea for labour import scheme

City’s economic transformation is meant to help struggling firms, but locals must consider new employment opportunities in ‘period of choice’, he says.

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