Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Following is the speech by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at the South China Morning Post GBA-Asean Summit 2026 today (June 30):
Your Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Kalbuadi Lay (Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister for Tourism and Environment of Timor-Leste), Your Excellency Secretary Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque (Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines), Ms Tammy Tam (Publisher of the South China Morning Post), Dr Daryl Ng (Chairman of the Hong Kong-ASEAN Foundation), Consuls-General and officials from around the world, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,