Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s firing of two ministers and replacing them with new faces is part of a gambit to minimise any damage to his government’s standing and even secure decisive short-term wins on the tourism and aviation fronts as emphasised by Beijing, analysts said.
They also said his move on Thursday to remove tourism and transport ministers, Kevin Yeung Yun-hung and Lam Sai-hung, right in the middle of his term aligned with his “result-oriented” governing approach.
