LAM TO WORK CLOSELY WITH NEW ENVOY

HONG KONG: Chief Executive Carrie Lam said yesterday she would work closely with Beijing’s top official in the Asian financial hub to get it back on “the right path” after more than six months of pro-democracy protests. The appointment of Luo Huining was unexpectedly announced at the weekend. “I would work closely with director Luo in the coming future, committing to ‘one country, two systems’, and the Basic Law,” Lam said in her first news conference of the year. – Reuters