Hong Kong needs a mission for 2049 to focus its 5-year plans

Hong Kong is formulating its first five-year plan for economic and social development. Such plans are likely to become a regular feature of governance, and will shape how the city allocates land, builds housing and infrastructure, develops industries, trains talent and improves public services. They can also give government departments a common frame for action, rather than leaving them to operate in separate silos. Yet successive five-year plans should do more than set medium-term…