2017年CRI Housing and economy to top new HKSAR gov't agenda: Lam

 

Chinese President Xi Jinpinbg meets with Carrie Lam, Chief Executive-elect of the Hong Kong SAR, on April 11th, 2017 in Beijing. [Photo: gmw.cn]

Carrie Lam, Chief Executive-elect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative¹ Region (SAR), said that bolstering² Hong Kong's economy and easing the local housing crunch³ are going to be among her top priorities once she takes office.

"Hong Kong's economic development now faces a few bottlenecks⁴. Land and housing will be one of these three priorities that I have identified for the next term of the Hong Kong SAR government," said Lam during an interview with CGTN.

Hong Kong is the world's most expensive housing market. Affordable⁵ housing, especially for the young, remains⁶ a major concern.

The Chief Executive-elect said she plans to implement⁷ several measures to help address the issue.

"So one is, of course, to continue to create land by reclamation⁸ outside the Victoria Harbor, by urban regeneration or making use of some of what we call the 'brownfield sites' in the New Territories. The other is really to look at the existing stock of housing to see whether there are some spare capacities that can be released into the market, either through sale or leasing so that people will have a greater access into the housing market," said Lam.

Lam said another priority will be the development of the local economy. She said Hong Kong will continue to try to work with the mainland, noting that many companies from the mainland continue to regard Hong Kong as a stepping stone to expand abroad.

"Now with the very significant growth of the mainland economy and the emergence⁹ of really mega-sized mainland companies, these mainland companies are using Hong Kong as a springboard to go abroad and so they would come to Hong Kong to list on our exchange, to raise funds and then, from here, to go out to invest in other parts of the world. So at every stage of development, because of our unique advantages, basically on the 'one country, two systems,' I see a lot of opportunities for us," said Lam.

Lam and her leadership team will take office on July 1st, which marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.

1 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

2 bolstering   

v.支持( bolster的现在分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
• He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句

3 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

4 bottlenecks   

n.瓶颈( bottleneck的名词复数 )；瓶颈路段（常引起交通堵塞）；（尤指工商业发展的）瓶颈；阻碍

参考例句：

• Roadworks are causing bottlenecks in the city centre. 道路施工导致市中心交通阻塞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At five o'clock in the afternoon the city streets are a series of bottlenecks. 下午五点市中心的街道就成了拥挤不堪的窄路。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

8 reclamation   

n.开垦；改造；（废料等的）回收

参考例句：

• We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
• The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。

9 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。