Hong Kong’s leader, top officials and senior advisers will not receive pay rise this year amid economy battered by Covid-19, recession

Hong Kong’s leader, top officials and senior advisers will not receive a pay rise this year, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said.In a media briefing before the weekly meeting of her cabinet, the Executive Council, Lam said the decision was taken to show that officials wanted to stand with people amid the coronavirus pandemic and recession.“We want to be united with the whole society as we get through the difficulties, that’s why we are also rolling out various measures to…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088142/hong-kongs-leader-top-officials-and-senior-advisers-will