香港特首李家超在完成实施国家安全法后，现在正面临着来自新加坡、日本和中国大陆等区域竞争对手的经济竞争压力。由于疫情期间居民生活方式的改变和中产阶级移民潮，本地需求下降，许多居民现在更愿意在大陆度过周末，因为大陆物价较低，娱乐选择更多。来自大陆的游客在香港的消费也比以前减少。香港最受欢迎的购物区的商店空置现象普遍，初步官方数据显示，2024年上半年，香港酒吧的收入比2019年同期下降了约28%。李家超在年度施政报告中表示，从周三开始，进口价超过200港元（约合26美元）的烈酒的关税率将从100%降至10%，希望此举能促进物流、仓储、旅游和高端餐饮业的发展。政府此前曾告诉立法会议员，2008年葡萄酒关税取消后，进口量在一年内增长了80%，香港迎来了数百家新的葡萄酒相关企业。李家超在立法会发表讲话的最后强调了香港在全球各方面的排名，但他表示，过去的成绩并不保证未来的成功。他说：“我们必须对自己充满信心，保持士气，坚定地抵制任何淡化我们成功故事的努力。”李家超是一名前安全官员，由北京钦点领导香港，他在3月份推动通过了新的安全法。批评人士担心，该法将进一步限制1997年香港回归中国统治时承诺的前英国殖民地的公民自由。该法效仿了北京在2020年为镇压大规模反政府抗议活动而颁布的类似国家立法。自该法生效以来，香港许多主要活动人士被起诉、被迫流亡或噤声。香港政府表示，安全法对香港的稳定是必要的。然而，在这些重大的政治变革之后，许多中产阶级家庭和年轻专业人士移民到英国、加拿大、台湾和美国。为了吸引更多富裕的移民，李家超修改了一项计划，该计划向在某些类型资产上投资至少3000万港元（390万美元）的申请人授予居留权。他说，从周三开始，价值5000万港元（640万美元）或以上的房屋购买可以计入三分之一的要求。李家超还承诺，通过为海外学生提供奖学金，将香港打造成国际高等教育中心，并承诺采取措施发展“银发经济”和“低空经济”，这是北京对老年护理、私人航空和无人机等市场的流行语。他还宣布计划建立国际黄金交易市场，并创建一个新的商品交易生态系统。李家超还提议对香港的劏房进行监管，北京驻港官员曾呼吁废除劏房。约有11万户家庭居住在劏房里，这些房子以其狭小的空间和恶劣的居住条件而臭名昭著，但在全球最昂贵的住房市场中，它们提供了一种相对实惠的住房选择。李家超表示，在宽限期后，资助房屋的业主必须确保每套房屋都有窗户、独立厕所和至少8平方米（86平方英尺）的面积。民主党主席罗健熙对新规定的影响表示担忧，他说这可能会迫使居住在较大但没有窗户的房屋的人搬到较小的有窗户的公寓。他说：“这些标准能否直接转化为居住在那里居民生活水平的提高？我们有疑问。”在李家超发表讲话前几个小时，来自另一个民主派政党社会民主党的一小群活动人士在政府总部外举行了一场小型示威活动。他们呼吁行政长官选举实行普选和退休金制度。他们高呼：“回归民主，改善民生。”

👨‍💼 香港特首李家超在完成实施国家安全法后，现在正面临着来自新加坡、日本和中国大陆等区域竞争对手的经济竞争压力。

📉 由于疫情期间居民生活方式的改变和中产阶级移民潮，本地需求下降，许多居民现在更愿意在大陆度过周末，因为大陆物价较低，娱乐选择更多。来自大陆的游客在香港的消费也比以前减少。香港最受欢迎的购物区的商店空置现象普遍，初步官方数据显示，2024年上半年，香港酒吧的收入比2019年同期下降了约28%。

📈 为了吸引更多富裕的移民，李家超修改了一项计划，该计划向在某些类型资产上投资至少3000万港元（390万美元）的申请人授予居留权。他说，从周三开始，价值5000万港元（640万美元）或以上的房屋购买可以计入三分之一的要求。李家超还承诺，通过为海外学生提供奖学金，将香港打造成国际高等教育中心，并承诺采取措施发展“银发经济”和“低空经济”，这是北京对老年护理、私人航空和无人机等市场的流行语。他还宣布计划建立国际黄金交易市场，并创建一个新的商品交易生态系统。

🏡 李家超还提议对香港的劏房进行监管，北京驻港官员曾呼吁废除劏房。约有11万户家庭居住在劏房里，这些房子以其狭小的空间和恶劣的居住条件而臭名昭著，但在全球最昂贵的住房市场中，它们提供了一种相对实惠的住房选择。李家超表示，在宽限期后，资助房屋的业主必须确保每套房屋都有窗户、独立厕所和至少8平方米（86平方英尺）的面积。

📢 在李家超发表讲话前几个小时，来自另一个民主派政党社会民主党的一小群活动人士在政府总部外举行了一场小型示威活动。他们呼吁行政长官选举实行普选和退休金制度。他们高呼：“回归民主，改善民生。”

After fulfilling Beijing’s long-standing imperative to enact a homegrown national security law, Chief Executive John Lee now faces challenges with economic competitiveness against regional rivals like Singapore, Japan, and mainland Chinese metropolises.Changes in residents’ lifestyles and a wave of middle-class emigration during the COVID-19 pandemic have dampened local demand. Many residents now prefer to spend their weekends in mainland China, attracted by its lower prices and a wider variety of entertainment options. Visitors from the mainland are also spending less in the city than before.Vacant shops are commonly seen in the city’s most popular shopping districts, and revenue at the city’s bars was down about 28% in the first half of 2024 from the same period in 2019, preliminary official data showed.In his annual policy address, Lee said the duty rate for spirts with an import price of more than 200 Hong Kong dollars (about $26) would be slashed from 100% to 10% for the portion above that price starting Wednesday. He hoped it would foster the logistics, storage, tourism and high-end dining industries.The government previously told lawmakers that after wine duties were abolished in 2008, imports jumped 80% in a year and the city welcomed hundreds of new wine-related businesses.Lee highlighted the city’s various global rankings near the end of his speech at the legislature, but said past performance does not guarantee future success.“We must remain confident in ourselves and uphold our morale, standing firm against any efforts to downplay our success story,” he said.Lee, a former security chief handpicked by Beijing to lead Hong Kong, pushed through the new security law in March. Critics fear the law will further curtail the civil liberties promised to the former British colony when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.That law follows similar national legislation Beijing imposed in 2020 to quell huge anti-government protests. Since that law took effect, many of the city’s leading activists have been prosecuted, forced into self-exile or silenced. The Hong Kong government said the security laws are necessary for the city’s stability.But in the wake of these dramatic political changes, many middle-class families and young professionals have emigrated to Britain, Canada, Taiwan and the United States.To attract more wealthy migrants, Lee revised a scheme that awards residency to applicants who invest a minimum of 30 million Hong Kong dollars ($3.9 million) in certain types of assets. Starting Wednesday, purchases of homes valued at 50 million Hong Kong dollars ($6.4 million) or more can be counted for up to a third of the requirement, he said.Lee also pledged to make the city into an international hub for post-secondary education by offering scholarships to overseas students, and promised moves to develop the “silver economy” and “low-altitude economy,” Beijing’s buzzwords for markets like elderly care, private aviation and drones. He also announced plans to build an international gold trading market and create a new commodity trading ecosystem.Lee also proposed to regulate the city’s subdivided flats, which one Beijing’s top officials for Hong Kong affairs has called for it to abolish.Some 110,000 households live in such homes, which are notorious for their tiny size and poor living conditions but provide a relatively affordable housing option in one of the world’s most expensive housing markets.Lee said owners of subsidized flats must ensure each home has windows, an individual toilet and a minimum floor area of 8 square meters (86 square feet) after a grace period.Lo Kin-hei, chairman of the Democratic Party, one of the city’s few remaining pro-democracy parties, expressed concerns about the impact of the new rules, saying it could force people living in larger but windowless homes to move to smaller flats with windows.“Can the standards directly translate into improvements in the lives of residents who reside there? We have questions,” he said.Hours before Lee’s speech, a small group of activists from the League of Social Democrats, another pro-democracy party, held a tiny demonstration outside the government headquarters. They called for universal suffrage for chief executive elections and a retirement pension scheme.“Return to democracy, improve people’s livelihood,” they chanted.