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Carrie Lam, the first female chief executive of Hong Kong, has been placed in a very different era of Hong Kong, than before.
One the sidelines of the Davos Forum, Lam spoke with CGTN reporter Tian Wei on the subject of Hong Kong's diverse growing society. Lam explained, “For a society that is as free and diverse as Hong Kong, I have no illusion that we could bring people to one consensus. We can only engage and communicate with a will to build a broad enough consensus for us to move on. We need to find a platform for the majority people in Hong Kong to speak up so that we would not be led by a small minority, who somehow does not want to see Hong Kong’s development.”
Chinese mainland citizens have for years looked to Hong Kong as an advanced economy. Over the past five years, the mainland has caught up and spearheaded in high tech and Internet industries, gaining the spotlight on the world stage, leading the Hong Kong society to create separation when looking back at the mainland.
However, there is one fact remains unfamiliar.
Many of the Hong Kong people are descendants of China's mainland immigrants. For generations, those mainland immigrants contributed significantly to the development of Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, with the mainland’s 40 years of reform and opening up, Hong Kong has been able to transfer from a manufacturing center to a service hub.
Lam commented on the development of the new era in the two regions saying, "There has never been this alienation. But with more time, more tolerance and acceptance, we should be able to rebuild that bondage between Hong Kong people and mainland people.”
(CGTN)
