Climate Clash – Will Hong Kong be lost in Paris?
By Albert Lai Kwong-tak “We can be the first generation to succeed in ending poverty; just as we may be the last to have a…
Politics/Policies
‘No-show’ education minister fuels discontent over TSA
By Chris Yeung New People’s Party chief Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is right to say the fate of the Territory-wide Systems Assessment (TSA) tests for…
When Regina meets Jasper
By Chris Yeung – Three thoughts from the encounter between Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing and legislator Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee at a forum…
Academic freedom, transparency and accountability
By Anson Chan – The 18th century Anglo-Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke, famously pronounced: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good…
Leung team fails on all front in TSA tests
By Chris Yeung Three thoughts from the Hong Kong government’s surprise announcement of a three-month-long review of the controversial Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) and a…
Judicial review a double-edged sword
By Patrick Lau It may well be said that the term “judicial review” sprang from obscurity among Hong Kong people to wide recognition following two…
Political correctness takes toll on Hong Kong pre-1997 postboxes
By Dennis Kwok – Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok has lamented political correctness is creeping into Hong Kong’s systems, as evidently manifested in a spate…
Zhang shots himself in his foot in Chief Executive status remarks
When China’s Number One man in Hong Kong, Zhang Xiaoming, spoke again, Hong Kong people listened, followed by boos from some. Many were left in…
Autonomy at stake in HKU council decision on Chan
By Chris Yeung The University of Hong Kong’s governing council has put a slap on its own face when it set its next meeting,…
Leung faces foes inside, outside
A chorus of calls against the re-election bid of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying seems to have emerged recently as Chinese Communist Party leaders begin to…