Author Archives: biglychee

After all the vitriolic mouth-frothing recently, let’s start with a pleasantly worded letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hong Kong office to the locally based overseas media… To help foreign media gain a more comprehensive understanding of the case, as the … Continue reading →

Jimmy Lai found guilty of endangering national security by colluding with foreign forces, and sedition. HKFP report. And all other HKFP stories on the case. There is no good publicity for Hong Kong in this – just a display of … Continue reading →

The HK Democratic Party decides to disband. (You mean it hadn’t already?) Reuters report via Guardian here. Meanwhile… An opinion piece in the Diplomat on the Hong Kong government’s reaction to the Tai Po fire… …Instead of demonstrating accountability and … Continue reading →

At first, the big Hong Kong disaster story in the international media was the Tai Po fire itself. Then it became the authorities’ attempts to sideline or suppress volunteers and activists. The way this is going, overseas press reports will … Continue reading →

While the Hong Kong government engages in heavy-handed attempts to silence anyone ‘sabotaging’ society after the Tai Po disaster, international media wade in (some links are paywalled).  From the WSJ… At least 151 died as flames engulfed high-rise towers at … Continue reading →

A Nikkei Asia op-ed… When the inferno tore through the Tai Po renovation site in Hong Kong on Nov. 26, the flames consumed more than the homes of the thousands residing in Wang Fuk Court. They revealed the deeper rot … Continue reading →

LegCo election to go ahead, apparently. Millions rejoice. It would be interesting to know what officials thought when making the decision. Did they wonder whether public opinion would see sticking to the schedule soon after the Tai Po fire as … Continue reading →

The Standard reports… National security police have arrested a former district councillor and a volunteer for allegedly attempting to incite discord through comments about the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po that has killed 146 people and injured 79. … Continue reading →

No-one can accuse the Hong Kong government of being too touchy-feely. Following the worst disaster in living memory, the government by Friday faced grassroots volunteers distributing supplies, activist campaigners and a petition with a list of demands. It might have … Continue reading →

The death toll at Tai Po reaches 94. The Labour Dept last year said the netting used in renovation at Wang Fuk Court complied with fire-safety standards… …as public anger grows over a resurfaced 2024 email in which the department … Continue reading →