HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government’s priority is to “restore the political system from chaos,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Wednesday in her annual policy address, which did not deliver blockbuster steps to boost the economy or ease a housing crisis.
Lam’s lengthy address to the semi-autonomous city’s legislature was delayed by more than a month to accommodate her high-profile trip to Beijing for talks on how China can help with the finance hub’s economic recovery.
But after briefly mentioning the city will contribute to efforts towards further integration of the Greater Bay area, a region that includes Hong Kong, Macau, and nine cities in China’s Guangdong province, she…
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