Axing of two Hong Kong ministers driven by need for better tourism strategy, but challenges remain

But at the same time, Assoc Prof Wu also cautioned reading too much into the potentially political nature of the recent dismissals, highlighting the “increasingly opaque” nature of Hong Kong’s political landscape. 

“Sometimes it’s very difficult (to read),” Assoc Prof Wu said, also suggesting that political trajectories in Hong Kong were known to shift. 

Dismissing and replacing cabinet members is not a new phenomenon in Hong Kong, he added. 

“Replacement is not a strange thing or something that suddenly happens,” Assoc Prof Wu said, also noting that former Chief Executive Carrie Lam “did the same thing” and that these were changes that could be expected to “occur in the midterm”. 

During Ms Lam’s tenure,…