Policy Address 2025: Include ‘affirmative consent,’ NGO urges, as city leader vows to amend sexual offence laws

Policy Address 2025: Include ‘affirmative consent,’ NGO urges, as city leader vows to amend sexual offence laws

An NGO has urged the Hong Kong government to reform its “outdated” rape laws after the city’s leader announced in the Policy Address that legislative amendments on sexual offences would be completed within his tenure. People cross the street in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a Wednesday statement issued hours after Chief Executive John Lee’s speech, the Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW), also known as RainLily, m…