Category Archives: Blog

The HK government releases the report on the Wang Fuk Court fire. Some quite interesting details about the way companies colluded in bidding. But of course everyone knew that was going on. Only after 163 people die do officials decide … Continue reading →

HKFP reports that Legislative Council members are getting a pay hike. Not a big one, at 1.6%. But it brings their basic pay to HK$110,000 a month. (They also get various allowances, notably one that covers the cost of maintaining … Continue reading →

Patrick Poon in Cha Journal compares three women to one another in less than 1,000 words… Few would think to place the British writer Virginia Woolf, the Chinese writer Eileen Chang, and Chow Hang-tung, the Hong Kong barrister and Vice-Chairperson … Continue reading →

The UK issues its latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong.  The Hong Kong authorities seek to dismiss it as worthless and irrelevant, yet lavish a sizable press statement on it… The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) … Continue reading →

How do you be patriotic and boost the tourism sector at the same time? China Media Project adds ‘Red Tourism’ to its dictionary. While it has a clear ideological function, encouraging leisure travel to remote spots on the Long March … Continue reading →

First the vehicle registry, now land records… The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) called on authorities on Wednesday to shelve amendments to land registration regulations that could restrict media access to land records – a public database vital for news … Continue reading →

An SCMP op-ed offers a dash of ‘soft resistance’ on the subject of the Tai Po fire inquiry… We also learned just how far our systems have fallen short in protecting Hongkongers’ lives and property. Even in the early days … Continue reading →

The SCMP reports… Hong Kong tourism authorities have pledged to review the roll-out of a lighting project along a trail on The Peak after mounting complaints that flowers and trees were chopped down to make way for the installations. But … Continue reading →

Christian groups (of the fundamentalist-wacko type) criticize the Hong Kong tourism authorities for promoting the city as a Halloween destination. If they were arguing that it’s a waste of public money, contributing to overcrowding, or other policy grounds, this would … Continue reading →

HKFP reports on the case of Wong Kwok-ngon (aka Wong On-yin and Ang Bo), a writer and YouTube commentator. He was taken in for questioning by NatSec police on December 6 last year shortly before participating in a planned press … Continue reading →