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news Scmp World 2026-05-15

Hong Kong Leader Urges Media to Share 'Good Stories' Amid Global Turmoil

Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee has called on local media to promote the city's positive narratives during a period of global turbulence. This initiative aligns with the city's first five-year plan for national development.


The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formulates its first five-year blueprint to align with national development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. Speaking at an annual award ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong on Friday, Lee said the local media was not only a witness and a recorder of events, but also needed to facilitate and contribute to the city’s and mainland China’s progress. “In...

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