Hong Kong Chief Executive Attends Policy Address District Forum

Hong Kong: John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Sunday led his team of 21 principal officials to attend the 2025 policy address district forum to learn more about views and suggestions of local communities on the fourth policy address of the current-term HKSAR government.

This was the first district forum held as part of this year's policy address consultations.

It consisted of two sessions. In the first session, the chief executive and principal officials listened to the views of members of the public, on land and housing, transport, innovation and technology, financial services development, culture and sports, education, youth issues, poverty alleviation, healthcare services, social welfare.

In the second session, the participants centered on the themes of "pursuing development and economic growth" and "improving people's livelihood and building our future together" to engage in more in-depth exchanges with the officials.

Lee said that he and his team engaged in extensive exchanges with the public and learned more about their concerns, which was helpful for preparing the policy address.

Lee said earlier that this year's policy address will be delivered in September, earlier than previous years since a Legislative Council election will be held at the end of the year.

The public consultations for the 2025 policy address began on June 16. Since its launch, the HKSAR government has held 30 consultation sessions and received over 4,500 suggestions, a 31 percent increase.

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