Category Archives: Blog

If T-shirts can threaten national security, presumably movies can… A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since Hong Kong amended the Film Censorship … Continue reading →

In Domino Theory, Mark Simon (ex-Apple Daily) gets polemical on Beijing’s problems with foreign (and domestic) women leaders… In recent decades, the CCP’s leadership and propaganda machine have unleashed misogyny against female leaders, from the Philippines’ Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to … Continue reading →

The Standard on the delights of cramming (‘welcoming’) more tourists into an already jam-packed city… As Hong Kong welcomed over 600,000 visitors in the first three days of the National Day Golden Week, the city faced severe traffic congestion across … Continue reading →

What was the cost per kilometre of the high-speed rail to Shenzhen? HK$2 billion? I guess this is a bargain in comparison. Still, the government somehow spends HK$450,000 widening a short stretch of sidewalk in order to accommodate photo-taking Mainland … Continue reading →

The Standard, for anyone who needs reminding, is a free paper that largely comprises brief English translations of Sing Tao articles. It is tycoon-owned, virulently talks up the property market at every opportunity, and is resolutely pro-Beijing/Hong Kong government. But … Continue reading →

The SCMP reports on the latest obscure/offbeat attempt to rejuvenate Hong Kong’s economy… Hong Kong is seeking to establish a cross-border individual travel scheme for yachts, with discussions under way with Guangzhou counterparts to ease maritime travel for private vessels … Continue reading →

The US National Catholic Register has a piece on Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong… “Beijing wants to keep religious freedom intact in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong is important for China,” the cardinal contended, according to a … Continue reading →

The number of registered voters falls again… The 2025 registers of electors, released on Thursday, showed a total of 4,138,992 people registered as voters in the city’s geographical constituencies – the only category of lawmakers open for the public to … Continue reading →

From HKFP, some pics from the typhoon, and some more (especially for fans of felled trees). And a clip via the Standard of people in Macau catching fish in flooded streets. On other matters, the government gives up… Hong Kong … Continue reading →

Who cares whether it’s Signal Number 1 or 3, or 8 or 10? HKFP explains them. The system dates from the era of sailing ships. As a mean editor who can trim 1,000 words to 300 with no problem, I … Continue reading →