CY softens as elections heat up
By Chris Yeung – There are more signs of a change of tactic by the Leung Chun-ying administration aimed to moderate the political climate at…
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Bookseller Lam defies fears, inspires hope
By Chris Yeung – When news broke last week bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who went missing since the end of last year, returned to Hong Kong,…
Blame the system or CY Leung?
By Chris Yeung – Like the spring weather in Hong Kong, whether former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa supports Leung Chun-ying for his second term is…
‘Belt’ scholarship plan sheds light on ‘executive-led’ model failure
By Chris Yeung – Speaking as if he was a fan of the British colonial rule, Tung Chee-hwa yesterday lamented the post-handover government led by…
Lancome row exposes ugly side of ‘one country, two systems’
By Chris Yeung – On Thursday, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was a busy man in Paris eagerly keen to convince his host, French Prime Minister…
Beijing has nothing to celebrate for a lower June 4 vigil turnout
By Chris Yeung – On its face, Beijing should feel happy with the drop of the turnout of the June 4 candle-light vigil at the…
A different June 4 in Hong Kong
By Chris Yeung – This time every year in the past 26 years, tens of thousands of Hong Kong people mourned the victims of the…
Tainted water muddles accountability
By Chris Yeung – Flashed back to 2000, short piles found in home ownership scheme buildings had shocked and rocked the then Tung Chee-hwa administration….
A chief executive ‘battle in the dark’ everyone can see
By Chris Yeung – Pundits say a “chief executive battle in the dark” (特首暗戰) has begun. Even if, a big if, the warfare under daylight…
CY Leung the loser in Zhang visit
By Chris Yeung – Superficially, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying stood to gain from the visit of a state leader to the place he governed except…