Hong Kong is to cut thousands of civil service jobs and invest in AI to tackle a rising deficit

Lucian Nemoiu

(26 Feb 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong - 26 February 2025 1. Wide of Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan and other officials walking into the presser 2. Mid of Chan (second from right) and officials holding hard copies of annual budget for photo 3. Wide of officials and photojournalists taking photos of them 4. Close tilt up from hard copy of annual budget to close of Chan’s face 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Chan, Hong Kong Financial Secretary: “We try to cut down the