Hong Kong’s budget will focus on ‘fiscal consolidation’: Paul Chan

Hong Kong’s budget will focus on ‘fiscal consolidation’: Paul Chan

[South China Morning Post] - 02/23/2025

Spending to be ‘strictly controlled’ and government will aim at modest revenue through ‘user-pays’ principle, he says in his weekly blog.



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