A veteran Hong Kong lawmaker, business leader and government adviser has called on the city’s leader to implement measures that will propel the economy in his coming policy address as there is now “light at the end of the tunnel”.
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Speaking at a fireside chat at the Post’s Hong Kong-Asean Summit on Tuesday, Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung also made the case for investing in the city despite attacks on Hong Kong’s reputation in recent years.
Asked about what he hoped to see in Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming policy address on September 17, Lam said he would like more economic support and had faith that Lee could “bring Hong Kong to prosperity”.
“Business-wise … now we see a light at the end of the tunnel, but we still have to be patient,” Lam, who is also a non-official member of the top advisory Executive Council, said.
“I think we would like to see more on the economic side … to bring Hong Kong forward,” he said, suggesting that measures supporting the city’s small and medium-sized enterprises be sustained.
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Hong Kong’s economy had struggled following the Covid-19 pandemic, as the city grappled with a talent exodus and spillover effects from a slump in mainland China.