Hong Kong would not be able to use public funds to secure exclusive Taylor Swift concerts without disclosing the amount, unlike Singapore, as residents are very conscious about the spending of taxpayer money, the city’s former leader Leung Chun-ying has said.
Leung, now the vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top advisory body, also told the Post in an interview in Beijing that the government could improve its efforts in competing with rival places to lure high-income tourists.
His comments echoed those of tourism minister Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, who on Saturday said the government would not only rely on financial strategies to attract global stars to the city.
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