Published: 7:47pm, 25 Jan 2025Updated: 7:50pm, 25 Jan 2025
Hong Kong’s leader has started a four-day community outreach drive led by senior government officials, meeting residents in various neighbourhoods ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, starting with Hung Hom and Ho Man Tin.
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Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Saturday visited Oi Man Estate, a public housing neighbourhood that is about 50 years old in Ho Man Tin, and a “community living room” designed for tenants of subdivided homes, four days before the start of the Year of the Snake.
“The government ministers [in the coming few days] will visit different neighbourhoods to understand the livelihoods of residents,” Lee said. “I’m also glad to visit shops here to understand how businesses are doing.”
Accompanied by the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen, Lee visited two elderly women living alone at Oi Man Estate.
He went to shops at the estate and bought two turnip puddings, a traditional Lunar New Year food, from a grocery store for HK$200 (US$26.70).
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According to Lee, shop owners said sales had been in line with their expectations.
One of the owners who had spoken with Lee told the media he hoped the city’s leader could boost the economy amid the downturn and allocate more resources to help small and medium-sized enterprises.