HK chief in Beijing for wide-ranging talks

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, chief executive of Hong Kong, told reporters before flying to Beijing on Sunday that she will discuss concrete measures to enhance her city's role in the Belt and Road Initiative during her first official visit to the capital since assuming office.

Lam discussed the main purposes of her visit, including plans to push development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and policies to help Hong Kong people work, study and live in the mainland.

She said she would also communicate with mainland authorities on optimizing arrangements for a West Kowloon terminus for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link, after having received feedback from the Hong Kong public. The plan, announced by the government of the special administrative region on July 25, is to provide passengers with one-stop services to go through border controls, including Hong Kong and mainland customs, immigration and quarantine.