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Hong Kong lawmakers call on city’s leader to do more in coronavirus fight and help struggling residents at hearing on policy address
Hong Kong’s pro-establishment lawmakers on Wednesday urged the city’s leader to do more to alleviate residents’ hardship and contain the coronavirus pandemic, as they went over the contents of her policy address rolled out in November.The Legislative Council kicked off a three-day meeting to debate the passage of a traditional motion of thanks, which was introduced on Wednesday by House Committee chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king, who also heads the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and…