Policy address 2026: John Lee says accountability needed if 5-year plan targets missed – as it happened
City leader has set 22 major indicators in the five-year plan, with five being binding targets
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Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu unveiled the city’s first five-year plan at the legislature, followed by his annual policy address.
The highly anticipated plan, unveiled after a two-month public consultation, aimed to align the city’s priorities with the nation’s 2026-30 development blueprint.
Lee set 22 major indicators in the plan, with five being binding targets mostly focusing on environmental protection, while 17 were anticipatory goals.
Lee said the five-year plan would provide a long-term blueprint and strategic direction for Hong Kong’s development with “far-reaching significance”, while the policy address would continue to serve as an annual report, setting out how the government would implement the plan in a given year.
This year’s policy address was also the last of Lee’s current term.
Reporting by Jeffie Lam, Natalie Wong, Emily Hung, Edith Lin, Leopold Chen, Denise Tsang, Connor Mycroft, Lo Hoi-ying, Mike Chan, Eric Jiang, Emily Tsang and Cannix Yau