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Hong Kong CE John Lee says the government will issue a ‘public consultation’ document on the city’s first ‘Five-Year Plan’ by the end of June… “We have referred to the mainland’s experience in formulating five-year plans – it usually takes … Continue reading →

Asia Nikkei reports that Beijing might introduce an anti-sanctions law in Hong Kong… …years after the idea was shelved amid concerns that it would damage the city’s reputation. In February, China’s State Council issued a white paper titled “Hong Kong: … Continue reading →

Former Civic Party lawmaker and urologist Kwok Ka-ki was disbarred last week… …after a [HK Medical Council] disciplinary panel found that his national security conviction had caused “damage” to the profession and that he “showed no remorse.”  …Kwok was quoted … Continue reading →

…the overt property-developer shoe-shine is back. The Standard reports… The address from the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Xia Baolong on National Security Education Day interpreted a high-level strategic roadmap for Hong … Continue reading →

RTHK reports… Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, said some people attempted to politicise last year’s deadly Tai Po fire to stir up chaos. Delivering a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony … Continue reading →

Remember textiles-fortune scion and lawmaker Michael Tien sweeping the streets and sleeping in a tiny ‘cage home’ around 15 years ago? It was part of an RTHK TV series called Rich Mate Poor Mate, in which rich people experienced poverty … Continue reading →

HKFP reports… The Hong Kong Women Development Association (HKWDA) said at a press conference on Monday that 98.7 per cent of respondents identified economic pressure as the biggest barrier to having children. Meanwhile, 92.7 per cent mentioned housing problems as … Continue reading →

Without informal, non-government (often missionary-run) schools on Kowloon rooftops, half of Hong Kong’s 1950s and 60s generation would have been illiterate. But today, a bookseller hosting a Spanish interest class in his store can be prosecuted… Before handing down the … Continue reading →

HKFP reports… All Hong Kong restaurant licences will include national security clauses from September, Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan has said. …According to an FEHD letter sent to restaurants, entertainment premises, and other businesses last year, business licence … Continue reading →

Flew into Hong Kong on Tuesday night. It seems I was one of 757,761 residents returning to the city at the end of the five-day weekend. That’s one in 10 of the population. Melbourne is a genuinely impressive city: a … Continue reading →