Row over education No 2 post puts Lam to test
By Chris Yeung – The first week of the Carrie Lam administration could not be better for her. Her debut at a Legislative Council question-time…
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The shadow of Leung lurks in Lam’s reign
By Chris Yeung – In a no-unambiguous reference to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, a pro-Beijing heavyweight Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai has cautioned the departing leader…
Lam bets on independence threat for political leeway
By Chris Yeung – Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has taken one more step to distance herself from Leung Chun-ying, casting doubts about the…
Promises in 1997 versus realities in 2017
By Chris Yeung – It was billed as a symposium aimed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Basic Law. But coming…
Thanks to C Y Leung, UGL saga goes on and on
By Chris Yeung – First came to light in a report published in an Australian newspaper in October 2014, the controversy over Chief Executive Leung…
Swire keeps the past for the future
By Chris Yeung – Every face tells a story, so does a company. The story of Swire, officially John Swire & Sons, is more than…
Democracy promise forgotten in ‘short-termism’
By Chris Yeung – On December 29, 2007, disgraced chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was at a peak of his political career after being re-elected…
Occupy too hot to handle, for now
By Chris Yeung – On the face of it, they are two unrelated episodes in the Hong Kong serial political drama. Episode one saw John…
Hopes, anxiety and uncertainties in Lam’s Beijing trip
By Chris Yeung – Any doubts about Beijing’s backing of chief executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor would now have been laid to rest following her…
Tsang’s Article 23 talk no puff talking
By Chris Yeung – One week after Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor became chief executive-elect, a think-tank led by former Legco President Tsang Yok-sing has tried…