Yearly Archives: 2024

First, visit the HKFP merch store. I’ve already ordered some mango and cranberry chili sauce. A couple of Tweets from HK Public Opinion Research Institute on Hong Kong’s birth rate, which has now dropped below South Korea’s as the world’s … Continue reading →

From HKFP… An elderly activist who took banners to a Hong Kong park did not breach the law because his act of displaying them was not permanent, his lawyer has argued. Chan Ki-kau, 78, appeared at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ … Continue reading →

Trying to ignore US election forecasts. The media want a knife-edge cliff-hanger so badly that the coverage would fit better in the sports pages, and pollsters’ credibility is pretty much exhausted.  I’m also still unable to fathom how more than, … Continue reading →

The High Court refuses Chow Hang-tung’s application to call overseas witnesses to give evidence remotely in her trial. Normally, judges could permit such a request, but an amendment made earlier this year to the Criminal Procedure Ordinance bars such testimony … Continue reading →

In 2021, many pan-democrats were purged from Hong Kong District Councils for taking part in the July 2020 primary elections and/or oath-taking technicalities (here and here). The authorities then started to hear complaints that the friendly young people who used … Continue reading →

The SCMP begins a series on Hong Kong’s talent-attracting visa initiatives, which in effect target mostly Mainlanders… Kira Xiong, a 23-year-old finance graduate with degrees from universities in Melbourne and Sydney, arrived in Hong Kong in July full of hope. … Continue reading →

The government stops using a ‘poverty line’ to measure the number of hard-up households… Hong Kong’s labour minister has said using a poverty line to measure inequality was “inadequate,” after pausing the publication of statistics after 2020 despite opposition from … Continue reading →

The government wants to make better use of the Kai Tak cruise terminal… In last week’s Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee said the SAR will publish an action plan on developing cruise tourism to enhance the terminal’s role as … Continue reading →

Hong Kong is cutting the tax on high-end liquor in order to somehow boost tourism. And now it’s thinking about reducing the minimum age for admission to horse-races… Secretary for Culture, Sports, and Tourism Kevin Yeung on Monday told an … Continue reading →

A 40-minute Law and Disorder legal podcast in which British civil rights lawyer Helena Kennedy and others interview Lord Jonathan Sumption about his decision to leave Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. As the person who sends me the link … Continue reading →