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| Lee is keen on "attracting girls" to find countries to trade with |
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has again used the analogy of attracting girls when talking about finding economies that are mutually attractive. And the city is specifically eyeing Southeast Asia.
"It's like me chasing a girl -- you have to ensure there's some kind of attraction between us. So I think Asean is our second-largest partner after the mainland the mutual attraction is already there -- strengthen it," he told a media outlet.
In continuing the analogy, the newspaper's managing editor suggested that girls' families may be focused on preventing such relationships, a veiled reference to the US trade turmoil.
"But there are a lot of girls," Lee said, adding there were many options including the Middle East. "We've already decided to not just singly focus on the US market."
The dating analogy was used last June when Lee said attracting large-scale events to Hong Kong was like "chasing good women."
Meanwhile the labour chief said in March that talent matching efforts were compared to dating.
Even the justice chief has said that national security education was an ongoing process, comparable to how one treats their spouse beyond Valentine's Day.
Quite the curious analogy... perhaps the Lee administration thinks dumbing down policy makes it easier for everyone to understand the need to find a good match to do business?
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