Pay cut for Hong Kong lawmakers will not benefit city: Legco president

Pay cut for Hong Kong lawmakers will not benefit city: Legco president

[South China Morning Post] - 01/4/2025

Andrew Leung says reduced salaries for public servants will lead everyone ‘to have less confidence about spending money’.



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