How to turn waterfronts into urban treasures
By Maura Wong – On May 19, 2016, over 200 people congregated in a container box-cum-exhibition hall in Ngau Tau Kok for a masterclass with…
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…
Hong Kong will be better the sooner C.Y. is booted
By Sin Chung-kai – National People’s Congress Standing Committee chairman Zhang Dejiang ended his 3-day inspection visit to Hong Kong. All eyes are on his…
Promises and realities: ‘Belt and Road’, ‘one country, two systems’
By Chris Yeung – With the grand “Belt and Road” initiative as the wrapping paper, China’s Number Three man Zhang Dejiang has delivered a gift…
Who killed Yeung Chi-wai?
By Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung – Dear Poi Lam, I want to tell you about a tragic story that resulted in the death of a five-year-old…
Conflicting, intriguing messages ahead of Zhang ‘inspection’ trip
By Chris Yeung – Conflicting signals and intriguing political acts of Hong Kong’s top three officials have emerged on the eve of the “inspection” trip…
‘Authoritative figure’ without name lacks credibility
By Chan King-cheung – As the Chinese economy entered a stage of “new normal,” there is a need for the central government to give detailed…
Word play in Beijing’s Hong Kong game worrying
By Chris Yeung – Loyalists may dismiss it as an over-interpretation of a change of wordings. But the use of the word “inspection (視察)” by…
The ‘third way’ to nowhere
By Chan King-cheung – Is it possible that a “middle-of-the-road” line can emerge in Hong Kong politics? The question has been raised in a lengthy…
Labor Market Consequences of Public Rental Housing
By Richard Wong Yue-chim – Urban housing is one of the most important issues in economic development. How society chooses to supply housing to meet…