Less than three months before the Chief Executive’s election, Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a year-end press conference yesterday (30th). With the theme of "Review and Prospect", he not only summarized the achievements of this year, but also announced several priorities for the government's future work, including the Basic Law. "Article 23 Legislation.
In the past four years, Lam Cheng has not held a press conference at the end of the year. He only listed the "100-day political achievements" or filmed a review. This time, at a sensitive moment, he held a record of "showing his political achievements". Naturally, does the political circle take the initiative to fight for re-election?
However, at least two political sources have stated that the candidates for the chief executive will not be revealed too soon, and Beijing has not disclosed any information so far. It may not be clear until the eve of the nomination period next February, and competition cannot be ruled out. election.
Housing description, more subsidized housing, more than Liang Zhenying government 4 times
Carrie Lam talked about the results of the past year in a large space at the press conference yesterday, including the GDP growth of 7% in the first three quarters and the expected growth of 6.4% for the whole year. The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.2% to 4.1%. Later, she talked about the legislative council’s approval of a number of items. Bill, the Hong Kong team’s Olympic performance, etc.
Although the term of office is only half a year, Lam Cheng revealed that a number of government tasks are about to be introduced, including the restructuring plan to be launched in March next year, and the details will be explained in the first meeting of the Legislative Council on January 12.
For housing issues that are the most concerned by the public, Lam Cheng offers new tricks such as those who have been waiting for public housing for one year to buy green homes, the introduction of the minimum unit size, and the sale of new HOS flats with a 51% discount.
Land and housing is one of the deep-rooted contradictions in Hong Kong. Lam Cheng mentioned in the work outlook that it was unexpected, but some people in the establishment have noticed that Lam mentioned that the total number of subsidized housing units introduced by the current government is about 38,300, which is higher than that. The current government is about four times longer. It is the only number compared with the previous government. It is quite a rival to Leung Chun-ying. It makes people feel that Lam Cheng intends to highlight his political achievements and make a statement to potential competitors.
Lam Cheng's "show off his political achievements" on the eve of the Chief Executive's election, is this paving the way for re-election?
Lam Cheng was asked many times at the press conference whether she intended to fight for re-election. At first, she did not respond positively. Later, she pointed out that the sixth chief executive election will be March 27 next year and the nomination period will be February 15th. She believes that there is still a long way to go.
Some people in the political circles described this statement as remarkable, reflecting that Carrie Lam still has no central green light. This "half-day hanging" state may remain for a period of time, even as late as early February.
Some sources close to the government pointed out that Beijing does not want to release any information on the candidate for the chief executive at this stage, so as to avoid too much speculation. Based on the experience of this Legislative Council election, candidates confirmed to go to Malaysia on the eve or even in the middle of the nomination period. The chief executive cannot be ruled out. Similar situations exist in elections. Of course, this has an impact on the electoral project of the contenders, but it is not a key factor.
Liu Zhaojia said that if the year-end review and outlook press conference can be institutionalized and the society has opinions and feedback, it will receive better government-civilian interaction.
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Liu Zhaojia: Carrie Lam takes active accountability to the Central Exhibition
Regarding whether the Lam Cheng press conference was related to the Chief Executive, Liu Zhaojia, the vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said that he did not make any guesses, but said that this should be regarded as an action by Lam Cheng to express active accountability to the central government and the Hong Kong society, and took the opportunity to fight for it from all parties. Affirmation of political achievements.
Liu Zhaojia said that if the year-end review and outlook press conference can be institutionalized, and arouse social attention, discussion, and feedback to the government, and set a new direction for the government's future governance, it will receive better government-civilian interaction. The construction of new channels for the public to participate in politics is conducive to further enhancing the quality of Hong Kong's democratic politics.
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