[Chief Executive Election 2022] The first chief executive election after the "improvement of the electoral system" was held today (8th). The only candidate, Li Jiachao, was elected with a high vote and became the top leader of the sixth government. This is the first time since the return of Hong Kong to the disciplined service. Officials stationed in Government House.
In the past few years, Hong Kong has accumulated many problems, including multiple difficulties such as the disparity between the rich and the poor, land and housing, and an aging population; externally, there are Sino-US conflicts, slowing trade, and the global epidemic, all of which are challenges for the new government to face.
In the next five years, Li Jiachao's governance will largely determine the direction of Hong Kong.
▼Li Jiachao held a rally on Friday▼
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Internal and external customs clearance?
It is necessary to get rid of the "two ends not to the shore" state
At present, the most affecting economic situation is the new crown epidemic. Although the fifth wave of the epidemic has subsided from the peak, experts estimate that there may be a sixth wave in a few months, and it will never end.
During the campaign, Li Jiachao said many times that customs clearance with the mainland is the top priority, and all obstacles will be removed. However, the epidemic in the mainland has rebounded, and Hong Kong still maintains more than 100 confirmed cases every day. It is still a long way off for Hong Kong to successfully clear customs with the mainland.
In recent months, some business people have proposed to clear customs with overseas first, but according to Li Jiachao's statement, it seems that they prefer to clear customs with the mainland first.
At the same time, the epidemic prevention and control measures have affected many industries such as retail, catering, and hotels. Many citizens are looking forward to customs clearance with the mainland and overseas when the epidemic is stable, which is believed to be the most urgent problem faced by the new government.
Due to the new crown epidemic, China and Hong Kong have suspended quarantine-free customs clearance, and high-speed rail services have also been suspended.
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The disparity between the rich and the poor, the housing problem needs to be solved urgently
The disparity between the rich and the poor has always plagued grassroots citizens in Hong Kong. In 2016, the Gini coefficient after tax deduction and welfare transfer was 0.473, which was above the warning line of 0.4 for a long time. The new crown epidemic has worsened the poverty problem. Just looking at the fact that there are more than 300 restaurants selling in Hong Kong "Two-bread meal", people can see one or two in the long queue outside the two-bread restaurant for a cheap meal.
Expensive land prices, high property prices, and high rents have been the main part of Hong Kong's inflation in the past ten years. The income growth of ordinary citizens has not kept up with inflation and property prices have risen for a long time. Businessmen have opened their shops, and the owners have greatly increased their popularity. I heard about the rent increase.
Although Hong Kong implements low tax rates, rents and property prices are often referred to as "invisible taxes" paid to property owners. How to reverse this situation is the focus of the public and even small and medium-sized enterprises. It is also related to the disparity between the rich and the poor and housing problems.
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Land issues affect the supply of housing, nursing homes, and medical facilities
The relationship between housing and land is inseparable. Land supply is the first step in housing supply. How to provide housing of suitable size and affordable price is believed to be the policy focus of the new government. Among them, the development of the "Northern Metropolis" is the most important.
When developing new districts, in order to prevent a large number of citizens from going to work across districts, transportation and commercial facilities must be completed at the same time. In this regard, it is necessary to do a good job in the supervision of land planning and construction progress.
The ageing population is also related to the land issue. Whether the progress of building residential care homes for the elderly exceeds the rate of population ageing, indicating whether the government can significantly reduce the queue for admission to residential care homes.
In addition, with the increase in the number of elderly people, the demand for new hospitals and community medical facilities will only increase. Where to build these facilities is also an important key to overall community planning.
At the same time as the increase in hardware, more medical nurses and caregivers must be trained so that those receiving services can receive the care they deserve.
As the population ages and the demand for medical services increases, United Hospital is also undergoing expansion works.
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Many industries need manpower to be connected with vocational training
Manpower training goes beyond elderly care and medical care. To develop emerging industries such as I&T and Industry 4.0, Hong Kong needs a large number of related talents.
As for traditional labor-intensive industries such as catering and retail, there has been a long-term shortage of manpower, and the financial and cultural and creative industries also require a large number of talents. In the future of the aging population, maintaining sufficient manpower will inevitably be a problem for the industry. The SAR government must plan ahead.
International conflicts and challenges in surrounding areas cannot be avoided
All of the above are just part of the internal problems of Hong Kong. Looking at the world, Hong Kong is also facing many challenges.
How Hong Kong should deal with the conflict between China and the United States is an unavoidable issue for the government. As the surrounding areas challenge Hong Kong's international center status in finance and logistics, the new government must also actively face it.
In the short term, the epidemic situation and anti-epidemic measures are different in different parts of the world. How Hong Kong cooperates and restores the movement of people and goods to the greatest extent involves issues such as international finance, trade, politics and public health. Every decision of the new government will affect the politics of Hong Kong. , the direction of the economy.
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Tang Jiahua: Looking at the political outline, there are four major focus of governance
Tang Jiahua, an electoral committee member in the legal sector and the convener of democratic thinking, said that from the perspective of Li Jiachao's political platform, the new government's future policy will focus on four points, including improving national security, housing, youth, and economic recovery. .
Tang Jiahua believes that it is not easy to do these four points well.
Democracy Thinking put forward ten policy recommendations earlier, including setting up performance management indicators (KPIs) for government teams, emphasizing evidence-based policy research, strengthening departmental coordination to improve administrative and implementation efficiency, and continuing to streamline land development processes. ” and “Northern Metropolis”, strengthen the status of an international financial center, strengthen the development of innovative industries, develop primary medical care, encourage cooperation between Chinese and Western medicine, use smart medical technology to provide timely assistance to citizens, and strengthen teacher training and improve teachers’ national identity.
Tang Jiahua said that the opinions of democratic thinking are based on the whole, and they are some basic and general suggestions, rather than minor repairs, and also in line with the four key points of Li Jiachao's political program.
Tang Jiahua pointed out that from the perspective of the political platform, the new government must do a good job in improving national security, housing, youth, and economic recovery. He believes that it is no longer easy to do well in four points.
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Di Zhiyuan advocates three-stage observation first to restore people's hearts
Di Zhiyuan, the election committee of the social welfare sector and chairman of New Thinking, believes that the new government's governance in the next five years can be observed in three stages.
He said that the first stage after taking office in the New Deal term is to restore people's hearts and minds. Judging by the general indifference of the public towards the election, many citizens have no expectations for the new government, which is not conducive to the government's governance.
He suggested that the government should take two measures to attract public opinion, including strengthening communication with the public, and making all departments operate smoothly and deliver good performance, so that the public can trust the government again.
In addition, the new government has to deal with economic issues in its first year of office. Among them, customs clearance is the most important. He suggested that the government should communicate with the mainland as soon as possible, first clear customs with the mainland, and then with other countries to maintain economic operations.
Di Zhiyuan proposed that the new government must first restore the hearts of the people.
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Political reforms should be reintroduced after promoting social stability
When the new government "stabilizes its footing", Di Zhiyuan believes that in the next two or three years, attention should be paid to the long-term improvement of people's livelihood.
At this stage, key performance indicators (KPIs) are set for each major policy to determine policy performance, he said.
At the same time, the government will continue to develop the economy, such as integrating with the mainland economy.
Each term of the Chief Executive is for five years. Di Zhiyuan believes that Hong Kong will return to peace from the disputes in recent years. At that time, there will be conditions to discuss political reform.
He mentioned that Li Jiachao also said that we should give priority to solving social problems. Political reform is not a priority of the sixth government, but it is not that we will not deal with it.
Di Zhiyuan believes that when the society is stable, the government must face the issue of political reform.
Chief Executive Election︱New Thinking Di Zhiyuan voted in favor of Li Jiachao’s 100th day of office to propose four major measures for the Chief Executive Election︱Lam Cheng inspected the polling station and called on the election committee to actively vote for the new election system. Li Jiachao's platform: Do a good job in a small self and achieve a great self. The election of the chief executive ︱ He was robbed and punched and decided to be an official Li Jiachao: Give everyone a safe and stable Hong Kong