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Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Latest news and updates on Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, who took office as chief executive of Hong Kong on July 1, 2017, covering her speeches, announcements and annual policy address, the measures she introduced to combat the coronavirus and her handling of the Hong Kong protests.
Born
13 May 1957
Industry
Politics
Job Title
Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR
The newly opened rooftop playground at The Anderson retail and community hub in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong. Photo: Elson Li
Architecture and design

Hong Kong’s playgrounds: from dull slides to dynamic risk-taking ‘free play’

Hong Kong’s playground designers have long favoured safety over healthy challenge, but a new generation of advocates is highlighting the benefits of more testing environments.

Hong Kong politics

‘His love for Hong Kong was profound’: Tung Chee-hwa honoured at state funeral

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Tung Chee-hwa

Hong Kong’s political, business elite pay final respects to Tung Chee-hwa

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Tung Chee-hwa

Friend, leader, mentor: how political veterans remember Tung Chee-hwa

Figures from Hong Kong and beyond reflect on Tung as a friend, city leader and elder statesman.

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Tung Chee-hwa was a shipping tycoon who went on to become Hong Kong’s first chief executive. Photo: Ricky Chung
Hong Kong politics

Top Chinese official leads 87-member committee for Tung Chee-hwa state funeral

Shi Taifeng, Politburo member and No 1 vice-chairman of CPPCC, is funeral committee head, with vigil on Saturday and public memorial service on Sunday.

Tung Chee-hwa

Tributes flow in as Hong Kong mourns Tung Chee-hwa, pioneering first leader

Former business magnate faced difficult crisis during tenure, but officials and former colleagues praise his compassion and ‘brave leadership’.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Freed Hongkonger sent back to jail as storm delays deportation from Philippines

Lawyer says Tang Lung-wai’s return to maximum-security prison constitutes ‘illegal detention’ after severe weather halts deportation.

Tang Lung-wai was sent back to the Muntinlupa prison after severe weather in the Philippines halted his deportation following his release. Photo: EPA-EFE
Crime in Hong Kong

Family seeks help after Hongkonger held in Philippines despite finishing jail time

Family of Tang Lung-wai says he remains in prison and still faces lengthy administrative procedures before deportation.

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US-China relations

US Democrats rebuke Trump for easing sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong officials

Lawmakers said sanctions should remain as mainland Chinese, Hong Kong officials were ‘complicit in Beijing’s dismantling of Hong Kong’s autonomy’.

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Hong Kong sports

On This Day | Windsurfer wins Hong Kong’s first Olympic gold in 1996 – SCMP archive

On this day 30 years ago, Hong Kong won its first Olympic gold. It would take almost exactly 25 years to win another one.

Lee Lai-shan raises her fist in triumph after winning a gold medal in the Olympic women’s windsurfing competition on July 29, 1996. Photo: David Wong
Hong Kong national security law

US sanctions on 39 Hong Kong, mainland officials to remain in place: Marco Rubio

President Donald Trump allowed emergency declaration to expire because ‘circumstances had changed’, US secretary of state says.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is attending an Asean summit in Manila. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong national security law

Is the end of US sanctions on some Hong Kong officials an olive branch?

Under original executive order, US imposed six rounds of sanctions targeting 48 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials from 2020 to 2025.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | MTR station near Science Park will serve city’s ‘superconnector’ goals

First floated in 2021, the project is part of Hong Kong’s innovation hub ambitions, and in its revised form will not affect the government’s 10-year housing target.

Hong Kong economy

Lantau reclamation plans should be revived, property tycoon Gordon Wu says

Lack of urban land will hold back city’s development as population grows, Hopewell Holdings chairman argues.

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Hopewell chairman Gordon Wu says Hong Kong has to think ahead. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong politics

Japan’s consulate in Hong Kong marks emperor’s birthday, but city officials absent

Envoy remarks on absence of traditional ‘guest of honour’ from city government, amid tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

Jun Miura, Japan’s consul general to Hong Kong, speaks at a reception to celebrate Emperor Naruhito’s 66th birthday. Photo: Lo Hoi-ying
Hong Kong politics

‘Outcomes, not output’: Exco held 25% fewer meetings over John Lee’s tenure so far

Figures show advisory body convened 119 meetings and discussed 602 items over first 3½ years of Chief Executive John Lee’s tenure.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong toy tycoon Lam Leung-tim, creator of iconic rubber duck, dead at 105

Lam’s family reveals he died on November 10, announces that memorial ceremony will be held on Monday in his ancestral hometown of Foshan.

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Hong Kong economy

Geely drone subsidiary Aerofugia eyes Hong Kong market for AE200 flying car

Traffic congestion, high-density urban core and scattered islands are advantages positioning city as a prime hub for nascent low-altitude economy.

Aerofugia’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the AE200. Photo: Handout
John Lee policy address 2025

What are some key policies by Hong Kong’s leaders that have changed the city?

As John Lee prepares to deliver his fourth policy blueprint on Wednesday, the Post looks at the legacy of city leaders over the past 28 years.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s crop of green bonds, ESG funds flourishes

City’s role as a bridge connecting mainland projects with the world ‘not easily found in other markets’, financial-services secretary says.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong must hone ‘geopolitical instincts’ amid China-US rivalry: Kishore

Former Singapore diplomat also urges West to cede ground to emerging powers in international organisations as multipolar world takes shape.

Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s permanent representative to the United Nations. Photo: Handout
Education in Hong Kong

Alumni, politicians gather for Hong Kong vigil of ‘Father of Shue Yan’ Henry Hu

‘I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn’t return for this occasion,’ says retired professor who was among Shue Yan’s first journalism students.

An evening vigil was held for veteran educator Henry Hu on Tuesday. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong water procurement scandal

Opinion | Water scandal another blow to public trust in Hong Kong government

While it is easy to blame systemic failures, these systems were created by people who must be held accountable.

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Architecture and design

Architect Rocco Yim designed some of Hong Kong’s most iconic structures

Once doubtful this city had architectural lessons to offer, Yim now reflects on his own projects that have shaped Hong Kong’s skyline.

Hong Kong housing

On This Day | Safety scare over Hong Kong public housing water in 2015 – from SCMP archive

On this day 10 years ago, lead levels in tap water at Kai Ching Estate sparked fears about safety of supplies in Hong Kong’s public housing.

A resident of Kai Tak’s Kai Ching Estate stocks up on water from a temporary tap on July 11, 2015, as excessive amounts of lead were found in fresh water samples from the public housing complex. File photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong and Singapore: rivals and partners learning from each other

Small and externally oriented economies, both cities face common challenges and must make common cause, while repositioning and reinventing themselves.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Lima, Peru, on November 15, 2024. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong politics

China’s No 4 official joins in mourning death of Hong Kong tycoon Charles Ho

Wang Huning , who oversees the CPPCC, and Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang among those who send wreaths to wake for tobacco and media tycoon.

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong village church members wonder where next after relocation order

‘I have lived here for most of my life. I do not know how to read or write. I do not go to other places except the church and the elderly centre,’ one says.

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