What a 40 years of Hong Kong’s ill-fated democracy!
By Chris Yeung Flashed back to 1984, the sealing of Hong Kong’s fate after 1997 had triggered a massive fleeing of people and capital. It…
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Legco building taller, but role and functions shorter
By Chris Yeung — November 23 is a big day for the Legislative Council, said President Andrew Leung on his Facebook page. He was referring…
Actions not words, Xia told HK tycoons
By Chris Yeung — Two days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, China’s top official in charge of Hong Kong convened a crisis…
Leung, Lee locked in land creation debate
By Chris Yeung — Against the backdrop of waning dissenting voices, a string of veiled criticism against the John Lee team’s land creation strategy by…
Care team to march on national security front
By Chris Yeung — Amid calls for talking less about national security and focusing more on economic and livelihood issues, a plan announced by Chief…
Policy blueprint full of details, but fails to ignite hopes
Oct 21 By Chris Yeung — Chief Executive John Lee caused a stir on Wednesday when he said in his 2024 Policy Address taxi fleets…
Kai Tak Covid centre trapped in political maze
By Chris Yeung — Amid fears of another wave of Covid pandemic onslaught in early 2022, the Chinese central government has helped HongKong, with the…
Government faces catch-22 re-locating Carrie Lam office
Chris Yeung Former chief executive Carrie Lam is arguably the most controversial head of Hong Kong since the 1997 handover – even after she stood…
The irony of unwanted national security stories
By Chris Yeung — In a rare talk hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong last week, a spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry’s…
What happens when think tanks stop thinking
By Chris Yeung — At a time when closure has become a normality in Hong Kong, the imminent winding up of a think tank founded…