The intriguing rivalry between Carrie Lam and CY Leung
By Chris Yeung — It sounds unbelievable, verging on absurd. But the likelihood of a former chief executive, Leung Chun-ying of course, taking on the…
Politics/Policies
Carrie Lam pulls a shameless ‘October surprise’
By Chris Yeung — Billed as the most important political event of the year in Hong Kong, Chief Executive’s annual Policy Address has almost become…
Teacher struck off as Leung files judicial review
By Chris Yeung — On the face of it, the judicial review lodged by a fund set up by former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to…
RTHK, HKU in common destiny of decline
By Chris Yeung — What do University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) have in common? Both are among the institutions…
A US$6.2 mln confidence-building project that goes nowhere
By Chris Yeung — The Government handed a sum of US$6.2 million (HK$48 million) to an international public relations firm Consulum in July to formulate…
Capture of 12 detainees a worst-case scenario of security law
By Chris Yeung — Just two and a half months after the national security law for Hong Kong was implemented, the worst-case scenario of the…
One national security weapon is too many
By Chris Yeung — In an intriguing frank admission, a senior official at the Hong Kong Police’s national security team said they had considered using…
HK’s Asia’s world city vision now just a joke
By Chris Yeung — Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa has envisioned Hong Kong as Asia’s world city in his 1999 Policy Address. He has vowed…
Govt trust deficit dooms Covid-19 tests
By Chris Yeung — Hong Kong is facing a record huge deficit of HK$300 billion in the current fiscal year – no thanks to the…
Pan-dems’ stayers-vs-leavers clash in interim Legco
By Chris Yeung — Hong Kong’s pan-democrat legislators are caught between a rock and a hard place over whether to stay for one more year…