Fighting pandemic comes first as CE race deferred
By Chris Yeung — Flashed back to last year, Beijing has given two major tasks to the Carrie Lam administration in Hong Kong. First, win…
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Panic spreads in HK as Beijing joins anti-Covid battle
By Chris Yeung — February 13 saw a not-so-usual Sunday in Hong Kong, once being promoted as a city of vitality. Traffic was markedly smooth…
Kung fu man talks the talk of running for CE
By Chris Yeung — The 2022 chief executive election saw a dramatic, if not farcical, start on Wednesday (Dec 19) with an unlikely aspirant declaring…
Lam’s govt overhaul too little too late
By Chris Yeung — With her term less than six months to go, Chief Executive Carrie Lam kick-started a government overhaul on the first day…
Truth exists, but lies are invented
By Philip Dykes — There is no better time than the fag end of a miserable year to get together. It is a time when…
To vote or not to vote, is that the question?
By Chris Yeung — Officially dubbed as “improving electoral system”, the Beijing-crafted Legislative Council election game will be effectively put to a vote on December…
Removal of Pillar of Shame a shame
By Chris Yeung — The fate of the Pillar of Shame erected at the University of Hong Kong is in the balance. Its removal from…
Patriots in, democrats out as HK enters new era
By Chris Yeung — In a sense, it is coincidental that the first of the three sets of landmark elections in Hong Kong in the…
Patriotic Alliance alleged as foreign agent
By Chris Yeung — Defying an order from Hong Kong’s national security police, a pro-democracy alliance said on Sunday they will ignore the police’s request…
End of protest group a sad Hong Kong story
By Chris Yeung — The demise of the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), an umbrella body which organised all major protests in Hong Kong since…