Hong Kong s John Lee wants to be a reformer but one change may need undoing

HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader John Lee wants to be a changemaker – but there is one change in the city’s recent history that he urgently needs to undo, according to analysts: It is the increasingly prevalent public perception of Hong Kong’s eroding autonomy.

In his speech on the 28th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China on July 1, the Chief Executive burnished his reform credentials, vowing further transformation to equip the Asian financial hub for sustainable growth in an uncertain world.

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