Hong Kong has signed a deal with a mainland Chinese trade promotion body to foster cross-border investment and development, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu describing the city as a “promoter” of the Greater Bay Area. Addressing a business conference on Wednesday, Hong Kong’s leader also said the city should use its professional services sector…
Hong Kong’s leader had planned to dismiss his tourism and transport ministers earlier this year due to their poor performance and inability to steer sectors seen as crucial to the city’s reputation and economic growth, government insiders have revealed. But Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu held off to ensure his administration projected a strong image…
Hong Kong’s leader had planned to dismiss his tourism and transport ministers earlier this year due to their poor performance and inability to steer sectors seen as crucial to the city’s reputation and economic growth, government insiders have revealed. But Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu held off to ensure his administration projected a strong image…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Thursday he had replaced two senior officials in an unexpected move that he said would maximise social and economic benefits and help the city “catch up” with other tourism destinations. Hong Kong has struggled to revive its appeal among international tourists after sometimes violent…
Hong Kong’s top court has called for renewed public consultation over contentious plans to build 12,000 public homes on a portion of the prestigious Hong Kong Golf Club. Despite this development, City’s leader John Lee maintains that the city’s long-term housing supply targets remain unaffected. Last year, the 100-year-old golf club challenged an…
The European Parliament has heavily backed a resolution calling for the European Union to revoke Hong Kong’s special trading status. At the Strasbourg plenary on Thursday, 473 lawmakers voted in favour of the non-binding resolution, with only 23 voting against it. There were 98 abstentions. The resolution also asked the European Commission, the bloc’s executive…
Hong Kong will explore striking a free-trade agreement with more countries in Latin America, the city’s leader has said, revealing a deal recently signed with Peru will take effect in about six months. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also began wrapping up his first official visit to South America as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)…
Hong Kong’s leader has expressed confidence in deepening collaboration with Shanghai, while assuring businesses and professionals in the mainland Chinese city that his administration’s focus has shifted from politics to economic development. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu praised the close ties as he concluded a three-day visit to Shanghai on Wednesday, where he met officials…
Hong Kong should use its unique status as the only Chinese city that practises common law to bolster its “springboard” role in connecting the country with the rest of the world, a senior Beijing official has said. Cui Jianchun, the head of the foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong, on Monday also dismissed as “rumours…
Hong Kong’s leader has brushed aside a former minister’s suggestion that encouraging protests can help the city’s image abroad, calling the argument that demonstrations prove political inclusivity “narrow-minded”. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the remarks on Sunday, two weeks after former housing and transport minister Anthony Cheung Bing-leung told a newspaper that encouraging groups…