of Lee's plans to attract talent to move to Hong Kong. Public hospitals In his policy address, Lee said that the government may implement a minimum period of time in which healthcare professionals must work at a public hospital before they can leave. This caused an uproar among healthcare professionals, according to the president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors' Association. In November 2022, Lee said of the policy "I believe the professionals hold strong affection for Hong Kong and are willing to serve the society." In contrast, John Tsang said that the policy "will only lead more medical professionals to leave Hong Kong." On 11 November 2022, Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau revealed that the plan would include doctors, nurses, and dentists. CBD In September 2022, Lee said that "Cannabis is a drug, and the government will categorise CBD as a dangerous drug... to protect the public's health." The move to ban CBD by February 2023 would put it in the same category as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. Emigration wave In January 2022, Hong Kong Free Press reported on Hong Kong's mass exodus of people, citing statistics from school vacancies, BN(O) visa applications, and early withdrawals from MPF accounts. In September 2022, official data showed that 113,000 people left Hong Kong in the last year, with some former residents citing COVID-19 restrictions and the national security law as reasons for leaving. The decrease in Hong Kong's total population was 1.6% from a year earlier, the largest drop since record keeping started in 1961. In his October 2022 policy address, Lee said that around 140,000 people had left the Hong Kong workforce in the last 2 years, and that about 66% of them were in managerial or higher-end pay grades and were classified as "highly skilled", with about 50% of the 140,000 people between the ages of 25-39. Of the 140,000 people, about 116,600 of them, or 83%, were aged 18 to 39. Lee previously rejected the use of the term "emigration wave" when describing the change in population. CUHK released a survey in October 2022, showing that 28.4% of people would emigrate overseas if they had the chance. 16.5% cited "excessive political disputes/unstable politics," 15% cited "collapsing liberty, human rights or freedom of information",, 13.4% cited "undemocratic political system/waning democracy/no more democratic elections," and 13.1% cited "dismal economic situation/overcast economic future" as the primary reason for leaving. In November 2022,