‘Massive’ plan for Hong Kong government restructuring will need buy-in from incoming leader John Lee, who is expected to respond next week, Carrie Lam says

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Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said a “massive” plan to restructure the government will need the buy-in from her successor, with chief executive-elect John Lee Ka-chiu expected to respond to the proposal by next week. The civil service shake-up will involve reforming the current 13 bureaus into 15 bodies, according to Lam, who was speaking on Tuesday before the weekly meeting of her de facto cabinet, the Executive Council. She said however that she could not proceed without the green light from incoming leader Lee, who was voted in as the next chief executive on Sunday with...