Chief Executive John Lee said on Friday that flower vendors he spoke to were generally happy with how business is going at the Lunar New Year flower market in Victoria Park, and he hopes that's a sign that the economy will get even better in the coming year.

"We can see that in inbound travel figures, economic activities, there are signs of things improving, getting active. Also, the border reopening has been going smoothly," Lee told reporters after visiting the annual fair.

He also quoted shoppers as saying that the atmosphere was good at the market, adding that he hopes that will be the same for the whole of Hong Kong in 2023.

Separately, Lee said his government is trying to further improve arrangements at the various Covid testing centres, amid reports of long queues at some of the stations.

He said officials will try and arrange transport to send people to testing stations that have free slots.