Externally, it could get picked over by friend and foe alike for clues as to future policy directions and implications for trade, commerce, financial operations, logistics and tourism.
Here, I would like to focus on the cultural heritage of Hong Kong related to Chinese martial arts, as a tourism magnet and special branding opportunity.
The chief executive’s latest policy address deals broadly with this area in a section titled “Promote integrated development of culture, sports and tourism and foster economic diversification”, where the first half of the proposition runs to 13 numbered paragraphs, and the second half gets four numbered paragraphs.
This allotment of acreage is quite something, considering that my professional interest gets a single, short paragraph, under “Advance R&D of aerospace science and technology”. I take comfort from the fact that it has been mentioned, and hope it is a sign of things to come.
