Hong Kong’s Lam to Target Housing Crisis in Policy Address
- Beijing has told city’s leader to make housing more affordable
- Lam hasn’t said whether she’ll run for another five-year term
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam is expected to answer Beijing’s call to ease Hong Kong’s housing crisis and deepen integration with mainland China in the final policy address of her current term.
Lam’s speech, set to be delivered to the Legislative Council at 11 a.m. Wednesday, will serve as a coda to a tumultuous term that saw huge anti-government protests, a national security law met by widespread international criticism, and the Covid-19 pandemic that worsened a recession and led to unprecedented border controls in the top Asian financial hub.