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Hong Kong should continue ‘patriotic’ administration, China’s no. 2 official Li Qiang says at Two Sessions meeting
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee, who attended the meeting in Beijing, said he “felt uplifted” after listening to Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s speech.
Pro-business Liberal Party proposes ‘departure tax’ for Hongkongers to tackle budget deficit
“We do not support a departure tax levied on everybody. Instead, we support one that is imposed on Hong Kong’s permanent residents,” Tommy Cheung of the Liberal Party said.
There has been a surge in Hongkongers’ urge to leave – what does that say about the city?
“This is now ‘Happy Hong Kong,’ as the official propaganda puts it, where more than half of the population wishes to live somewhere else,” writes Tim Hamlett.