Policy Address consultation launched

     The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today (July 1) launched the public consultation exercise for the 2018 Policy Address. The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam; the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung; and the Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, will meet representatives from different sectors to listen to their views.

     "Since I delivered my inaugural Policy Address last October, my team and I have been sparing no effort to implement more than 250 policy initiatives in it and making good progress. Most of the initiatives have been implemented or are being taken forward according to the plan. I know that people from various sectors in the community still have aspirations in connection with governance and different policies. My team and I, who will continue to avoid no difficult tasks, will respond further in the second Policy Address in October this year. I sincerely invite members of the public to give their views on the Policy Address, so that we can harness the collective wisdom and insights to formulate policy initiatives to meet the needs of the people and Hong Kong,” Mrs Lam said.

     To facilitate expression of opinions by the public, the Government introduced social media as an additional channel for collecting views this year.  Members of the public are invited to give their views through the dedicated website (www.policyaddress.gov.hk), the Chief Executive’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/carrielam.hksar), and Instagram (www.instagram.com/carrielam.hksar), or by email (policyaddress@pico.gov.hk),  phone (2432 1899) or fax (2537 9083).