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Via HKFP, AP looks at how politics has ‘turned into pageantry’ in Hong Kong…. More than 100 primary school children under the age of 12 sat transfixed in the City Hall theatre on Tuesday as a woman wearing a teddy … Continue reading →

The government tries to stimulate interest in December’s LegCo election by organizing an outdoor variety show featuring Aaron Kwok, Alan Tam and others… The show will be held at AXA x Wonderland in the West Kowloon Cultural District at 8pm … Continue reading →

If it’s not the LegCo elections, it’s the National Games. A major border crossing will close for nine hours to make way for a marathon… Authorities said the Shenzhen Bay Port will be closed on Saturday morning to make way … Continue reading →

All 161 candidates in Hong Kong’s December LegCo election have passed the vetting procedure performed by the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee, part of the Chief Executive’s office… [Chief Secretary Eric] Chan said confirming the candidates’ eligibility early allowed them to … Continue reading →

A British snooker player called Ronnie O’Sullivan does a video with the Immigration Dept boss promoting the LegCo election. The Brit (who sounds like thug in a Guy Ritchie movie) probably has no clue what LegCo is. He has briefly … Continue reading →

Simplified Chinese characters account for around 5% of the broadly accepted total number (roughly 50,000) of Chinese characters, but more like a third of the most commonly used 5,000 or so. Most readers can infer the meaning of a simplified … Continue reading →

China Daily reports increased competition and diversity in December’s LegCo election… Authorities had received a total of 161 nominations of aspirants vying for one of 90 seats in the upcoming legislature poll in Hong Kong on Dec 7, as the … Continue reading →

The LegCo election has no bearing on how Hong Kong is run. A chamber of pro-government ‘all-patriots’ won’t ask hard questions or debate alternative policy approaches, let alone try to stall unpopular measures. But the process and outcome of the … Continue reading →

A former HKU professor is given seven years for the manslaughter of his wife, after appealing an earlier sentence of life for murder. As several commentators have pointed out, this is barely more than the six years and nine months … Continue reading →

Felt sorry for the extremely old and frail campaign workers handing out election leaflets, so I now have promo materials for Judy Chan (of Regina Ip’s New People’s Party) and Jeremy Young (Liberal Party) running in HK Island West. And … Continue reading →