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· collected 2026-09-06 · by Edith Lin
Hong Kong's leader John Lee has announced a 5-year plan aimed at boosting residents' livelihoods through long-term strategies. The plan will focus on enhancing well-being and set out concrete measures in the upcoming policy address. According to Lee, the government has been consulting with the public for two months, gathering views that will be incorporated into the planning and policies. Lee's comments were made in a Facebook video, where he also mentioned annual improvements in areas such as housing, livelihoods, and medical care.
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Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, has announced a 5-year plan aimed at improving residents' livelihoods through long-term strategies. The plan will focus on areas such as housing, medical care, and other essential services. Additionally, the government will release an annual policy address outlining concrete measures to improve these areas. The 5-year plan and policy address were developed after a 2-month public consultation period, during which the government gathered input from residents. Lee stated that the goal of the plan is to promote sustainable economic development and create new opportunities in Hong Kong, while also improving residents' overall well-being.
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After two months of public consultation, city leader says five-year plan will focus on long-term well-being, policy address on immediate improvements
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Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to improve residents’ livelihoods through long-term strategies in the city’s first five-year plan, with concrete measures to be set out in the coming policy address.
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“Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will enhance residents’ livelihoods and well-being through long-term development strategies.
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Meanwhile, the policy address will annually roll out concrete improvement measures on housing, livelihoods, medical care and other areas,” he said in a Facebook video.
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Lee added that the government had consulted the public on the two documents over the past two months.
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“We will consolidate views and incorporate them into our planning and policies to promote sustainable economic development, improve livelihoods, and join hands to create new opportunities in Hong Kong,” he said.
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