Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” principle can serve as a model around the world and represents the city’s biggest contribution to Beijing’s Global Governance Initiative, political heavyweight Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has said. Ip, the convenor of the government’s key decision-making Executive Council and a former lawmaker, made the remarks at a media briefing on Thursday ahead of the third edition of the annual Global Prosperity Summit, which is organised by her think tank – the Savantas...
The Hong Kong government should use its proposed accountability system prudently to investigate department heads and avoid undermining morale among civil servants, a top adviser to the city’s leader has said. But Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, convenor of the city’s top decision-making Executive Council, stressed on Sunday that the system would serve as a reminder for leaders to actively spot deficiencies in their departments and “do better in handling residents’ complaints”. In a televised interview,...