Economics
Lam Faces Pandemics-to-Politics Test in Key Hong Kong Address
- Hong Kong leader to discuss integrating economy with mainland
- Annual address comes as city contends with new virus outbreak
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Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam faces no shortage of issues to tackle when she delivers her delayed economic policy address Wednesday after another tumultuous year for the Asian financial hub.
The city’s chief executive must grapple with a new wave of coronavirus cases and renewed social-distancing restrictions, which threaten an economy just starting to show signs of recovery after being rocked by protests in 2019 and the pandemic this year.