CE Vows To Get People To Trust Her Govt Again

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said on Tuesday that she hopes to restore social order and rebuild people's confidence in her government after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Giving an online speech at a financial forum organised by state broadcaster CCTV, Lam said the priority of her administration is to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

Once the situation is brought under control, she said she will boost the economy and restore social order with the support of Beijing, and rebuild the trust of both the local and international community in her government.

However, she did not elaborate on how she would go about doing so.

Lam added that even though the local economy has taken a serious battering over the past year or so, the financial system has demonstrated a “remarkable resilience”, with the stock market doing exceptionally well and “money flowing in non-stop”.

She said Hong Kong has a sound legal and internationalised environment under One Country, Two Systems and she believes the city will play a significant role in the development of the Greater Bay Area.