Andrew Fung Ho-keung, chief executive of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute think tank, said his understanding was that with previous administrations Beijing would try its best to accommodate the chief executive, particularly the city’s first, Tung Chee-hwa, who was highly trusted by the central government. But now the central government no longer bothers to pay the same level of respect for Lam,” Fung said. “Beijing is becoming increasingly more assertive over Hong Kong and more proactive in guiding the governance of the Hong Kong government. Now Beijing wants Hong Kong’s policy address to be incorporated in the nation’s overall development strategy.”
