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Chief Executive John Lee says first meeting to focus instead on policies and national development. Source link

Liu Guangyuan, Chinese foreign ministry commissioner in Hong Kong, will give closed-door speech to lawmakers on May 11, according to official schedule. Source link

Proposal passes with overwhelming 65 to nine vote, with only unionist legislators opposing it. Source link

The speed with which the government and legislators moved forward on Kai Tak light public housing disrespects the process of listening to Hongkongers’ concerns. If engaging the public and raising people’s concerns in Legco gets cut out for the sake of speed, public distrust of the government will snowball. Source …

The Securities and Futures Commission said at Legco that it is adding four new people to ‘better supervise’ virtual asset service providers. Source link

Lawmaker Dominic Lee, who had been invited, calls decision a ‘pity’ and UK’s stance ‘hypocritical’. Source link

Labour and welfare secretary defends three-month maximum jail sentence and says it is in line with offences of similar gravity. Source link

By-elections to be held on December 18 for seats left vacant after incumbents quit to join cabinet or fill other senior roles in John Lee government Source link

Given her qualifications in the political arena and personal experience in overcoming setbacks, she is more than capable of shaping the terrain of Hong Kong’s political landscape. Source link

The city’s fourth chief executive looks set to bring her time in office full circle by opening the Hong Kong Palace Museum next month. She leaves with many issues still unresolved, though, and she is frank about the obstacles her successor will have to overcome. Source link