Although Hong Kong has no say in its foreign affairs, it cannot ignore fact that Beijing occasionally reviews city’s role according to latest global situation
When Hong Kong claims to be “Asia’s world city”, it can refer to more than just the vibrant and diversified lifestyle here – at least for our policymakers.
It was suggested this meeting in the Russian Far East port city demonstrated the two countries’ goodwill in further developing the vast area neighbouring China in a mutually beneficial way.
The Pentagon said it was watching this massive military exercise “very closely”.
All this seems far away from us in this part of the world, and perhaps no one cares to note that the two leaders have so far met 25 times, on five occasions last year alone. So why bother?
The irony is, although Hong Kong has no say in its foreign affairs, it cannot ignore the fact that Beijing occasionally reviews the city’s role according to the latest global situation. This directly or indirectly affects local policymaking.
Public consultation started this month for Lam to compile her blueprint to be unveiled in October. The past weeks have seen her busy reaching out to different sectors for feedback on what should be her policy highlights.
At the same time she also has to consider factors closely intertwined with the international environment.
