Carrie Lam posts final comments as leader
Outgoing chief says colleagues ‘a little sad’, but she looks forward to visit by Xi Jinping
Outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has made her last comments on social media as the city’s leader and will shut down her accounts once she steps down tomorrow.
In what she noted were her final posts on her Facebook and Instagram accounts yesterday, Lam said President Xi Jinping’s expected visit and speech would point the direction for Hong Kong.
She also wrote that she would be moving out of the Chief Executive’s Office in Admiralty and Government House in Central after completing her fiveyear tenure. Sharing photos of herself pictured at these landmarks, Lam thanked her colleagues for their support.
“My colleagues here have been supporting my tight work schedule, arranging my meetings, activities, banquets, daily meals and security, and working hard. The parting is imminent, and everyone feels a little sad,” she said.
Lam also expressed gratitude to Hongkongers who paid attention to her posts and left comments.
Recalling the speech Xi gave when she took office in 2017, Lam said it had given her confidence when she faced difficult challenges.
“Now that Hong Kong has gone from chaos to governance and returned to the correct track of ‘one country, two systems’, we look forward to President Xi’s important speech on the occasion of celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, pointing out the direction for the SAR and helping Hong Kong embark on a new journey,” she said.
A source close to the Chief Executive’s Office said Lam would travel to Beijing in July after her tenure ends, and would spend some time sightseeing.
We look forward to President Xi’s speech … pointing out the direction for the SAR
OUTGOING CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM