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Hong Kong unveils first 5-year plan to broaden the city's identity beyond finance

Hong Kong's leader has unveiled a five-year plan to broaden the city's identity beyond finance

The Independent UK · Sep 16

Hong Kong unveils first five-year plan to cement position as global financial hub

Hong ⁠Kong leader ​John Lee on Wednesday unveiled the city's first five-year plan to boost its global position as a financial hub. The plan serves as a social and economic roadmap detailing the city-state's strategic priorities, including an aim to expand technology ties with mainland China.

France 24 · Sep 16

In 1973, a North Dakota couple bought a 4,800-acre ranch getting just 10 inches of rain a year; 53 years later, beavers are back and 270 acres are being restored to native grass

In one of North Dakota’s driest corners, where annual rainfall averages just 10 inches, John Lee and Ellen Njos have spent more than five decades showing that working land and conservation can go forward together. Since buying the 4,800-acre Coyote Creek Ranch near Rhame in Bowman County in 1973, the…

The Times of India · Sep 4

Hong Kong seeks input on its first 5-year plan in an echo of mainland China's playbook

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China's development approach

AAP · Jun 16

Hong Kong opens consultation on first 5-year plan that echoes mainland China's playbook

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China's development approach

AAP · Jun 15

Proposed Hong Kong law allows leader to classify criminal acts as national security offences

Critics say move will undermine rule of law and enable weaponisation of crimes like commercial fraud and money laundering

The Independent UK · Jun 9

Hong Kong proposes letting city leader decide what counts as national security offence

After massive democracy protests rocked the Asian financial hub in 2019, Beijing imposed a national security law that has been used to arrest many leading activists.

Euronews · Jun 8

Hong Kong wants to be a bridge between Central Asia and Chinese businesses

High-level Hong Kong delegation visited Kazakhstan and offered new partnership in several economy sectors including professional services for companies attempting to enter respective markets.

Euronews · Jun 4

Airbnb Says More Short-Term Rentals Will Boost L.A.’s Budget. Opponents Say It Won’t Work.

Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.

Capital & Main · Mar 9

China’s Hong Kong white paper targets ‘hostile’ foreign intervention after Jimmy Lai ruling

Hong Kong’s leader John Lee welcomed the white paper, saying it is ‘of great significance and has come at exactly the right time’

The Independent UK · Feb 10