【明報專訊】Chief Executive Carrie Lam has postponed her upcoming policy address, explaining that she needs to consult the central government and seek its support late this month regarding a series of economic recovery proposals that involve the mainland. But some have questioned whether the decision was made to ''accommodate'' President Xi Jinping's inspection tour in Shenzhen. Because of the current political and social atmosphere in Hong Kong, anything that involves the mainland or the central government is often met with lots of speculations. One who believes it never doubts it. One who doubts it never believes it. The postponement of the policy address at the eleventh hour is unprecedented. However, given the strain of the pandemic on Hong Kong people's livelihood and the economy and the external environment, it is impossible to ''move on amid the pandemic'' without setting one's sights on the north. It will also be desirable if the policy address contains more substance. The Hong Kong government has put forth multiple proposals to the central government regarding financial interconnection and intercommunication, Shenzhen and Hong Kong's collaboration on innovative technologies, the consolidation of the city's shipping industry and so on. It is hoped that the abrupt changes to the arrangement of the policy address will not bring about only minor adjustments, but new measures that are bold and vigorous and that can help Hong Kong come out from the difficulties of the pandemic.