The only candidate for the chief executive election, Li Jiachao, announced his platform today (29th), covering four major areas, including strengthening the government's governance capacity, increasing the speed of land and housing, enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness, and caring for the society and youth.
In terms of housing issues, Li Jiachao proposed the "Public Housing Advancement Plan", which allows the grassroots to live in public housing with incomplete facilities, hoping to shorten the waiting time for one year.
In terms of caring for the society, Li Jiachao proposed the "Pilot Project to Solve Intergenerational Poverty" to promote non-governmental organizations and enterprises to help thousands of students from subdivided housing households to equip themselves.
He also suggested merging the Old Age Living Allowance and uniformly adopting looser eligibility restrictions.
This article integrates the key content of Li Jiachao's political platform.
1. Speed up the amount of land and housing
1. Public housing advance plan
Li Jiachao proposed the "Public Housing Advancement Plan" as a short-term emergency measure, allowing a certain number of single public housing units to be allowed to move upstairs before the completion of comprehensive community facilities. Those who are on the waiting list for public rental housing may choose to come up early.
2. Streamline and optimize land supply procedures
Streamline and optimize the land supply process, submit legislative amendments to implement the goal of streamlining the process; integrate land through a multi-pronged approach, including properly citing the Land Resumption Ordinance, and make good use of market forces to promote the participation of private land stakeholders in development.
For public housing projects, more extensive application of innovative technologies, such as assembly and synthesis methods, will shorten the construction time.
3. Set up two groups to strengthen implementation coordination
In order to increase the coordination of land and housing construction work, the establishment of a "Public Housing Project Action Working Group" and a "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Group", led by department-level officials.
The former is responsible for supervising the construction projects. Within 100 days of the government taking office, he put forward suggestions on the construction of public housing projects, including the "advance building plan", restarting the private participation model, and compressing the architectural design. The goal is to complete some units earlier to improve the The total number of public housing completions in the next five years.
The "Land and Housing Supply Coordination Unit" is responsible for coordinating all policy bureaux and departments related to land development, including planning, land administration, environment, transportation, etc., supervising the development of development projects from planning to implementation, and formulating policy proposals to release private land and private development potential.
4. Increase the supply of public housing and expand the number of "White House 2" places
Increase the supply of different types of flats in the public housing system, including green subsidised housing, HOS flats, and Hong Kong people's first home listings, and expand the number of "white housing two" places.
2. Improve the capacity of government governance
1. Actively refer to the current government restructuring plan
Strengthen strategic planning, policy research and co-ordination capabilities, and actively refer to the current government's restructuring plan in terms of restructuring, but some aspects need to be discussed again with the current government, including positions in the Chief Executive's Office.
The platform did not mention the establishment of a deputy director-general, the reset of the central policy team, etc.
2. Establish an emergency mobilization mechanism
Set up an emergency mobilization mechanism. When dealing with new crises, each department needs to provide a designated number of people by level to form an emergency team to ensure that enough civil servants can be mobilized to achieve "zero difference".
3. Set up KPIs within 100 days of taking office
Implement the "result-oriented" approach. Within 100 days of the government taking office, set goals for designated tasks and set "Key Performance Indicators" (KPIs).
In addition, various departments must review their operating methods and administrative procedures to reduce unnecessary or repetitive links.
3. Comprehensively enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong
1. Develop Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology center
Actively develop Hong Kong into an innovation and technology center, "Without innovation and technology, there is no future. The whole world takes innovation and technology as the goal. If we do not advance, we will retreat. In this regard, Hong Kong will not wait, nor will it wait."
2. To shape Hong Kong as a cultural capital
Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong should be built into a cultural capital, developed into a cultural exchange center between China and foreign countries, connected with the world, brought art and other activities to Hong Kong, and made Hong Kong a preferred place in the Greater Bay Area, such as cultural and art performances and exhibitions, etc. .
3. Develop the northern metropolitan area
The northern metropolitan area has become the engine of new development. The development coordinator department has been established to promote the planning and construction of the northern metropolitan area, and strengthen the interaction with the mainland, so that the metropolitan area will become a livable, business-friendly, conservation and high-quality living area.
4. Caring for Inclusion, Youth Development
1. Propose the "Pilot Project to Address Intergenerational Poverty"
To support a thousand students from subdivided housing households to equip themselves, to promote cooperation between the government and the public, to promote non-governmental organizations and enterprises, and to help poor students in their living, learning, and personal development.
2. Implementing the Combined Old Age Living Allowance
A more relaxed eligibility limit will be adopted uniformly, and eligible seniors will receive a high allowance.
3. Support HA to expand and increase medical staff
Support the expansion of the HA, increase the number of medical staff, and improve inpatient medical services; actively promote the construction of the primary medical system, and further research and promote the application of traditional Chinese medicine in prevention and treatment.
4. Research green areas to build residential care homes for the elderly
Summarizing the painful experience of the elderly's residential care home becoming the hardest hit area under the fifth wave of the epidemic, promote the improvement of the residential environment, standards and supply-side solutions, such as the construction of elderly residential care homes in green areas, and review the problem of manpower shortage.
5. Develop a blueprint for youth development
Set up different policy goals for the healthy growth and diversified development of young people, assist young people to move up the ladder; cultivate talents who love the country and Hong Kong, have an international perspective, and attract young people to join various consulting structures.
Li Jiachao's Political Outline｜Establish an emergency mobilization mechanism to formulate a 100-day KPI 18 District Service Teams
