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Chief Executive John Lee gives an interview to Sing Tao on the economy, saying… Hong Kong should develop its economy at full speed with the priority for now being on quantity in the belief that quality will inevitably follow. What … Continue reading →

Mitigation hearings begin in the HK47 case, with special media zones and inflatable tunnels, and Benny Tai’s lawyer arguing that he should get no more than a two-year prison sentence. (I guess quoting Lord Sumption would have been provocative.) Chief … Continue reading →

One of the remaining UK non-permanent judges is hearing the appeal by Martin Lee, Margaret Ng, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan, Long Hair and Cyd Ho (ages 67-88) over their conviction for illegal assembly… [David] Neuberger told Reuters in … Continue reading →

Private Eye on a certain non-permanent ex-judge on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. Will the satirical UK magazine get the Radio Free Asia treatment? The latter outlet incurred the wrath last week with a report on Hong Kong’s announcement … Continue reading →

Health Minister Lo Chung-mau, who did so much for Hong Kong’s reputation and economy by insisting on emulating Beijing’s zero-Covid approach long after vaccines became available, seems to be embracing Mainland-style natalism… Lo … said the government encourages married couples … Continue reading →

China’s Ministry of State Security responds (indirectly) to Lord Sumption’s criticism of the HK47 trial, saying… …the verdict … was a deterrent to “anti-China forces and foreign forces.” “Those who dare to challenge the bottom line of China’s national security … Continue reading →

Regina Ip copes with Lord Sumption’s departure in China Daily… In his parting diatribe, Sumption let his emotions run away with him. In sharing the sympathies of naive bystanders who side with the seemingly decent “democracy” fighters in the case … Continue reading →

…but a few words from outgoing Singapore Prime Minister Baby God, speaking recently to the city-state’s Chinese chamber of commerce and clan associations. A little reminder of a key difference between Singapore and Hong Kong… In Singapore, all citizens should … Continue reading →

A Timothy McLaughlin Tweet on the Hong Kong government’s response to the two million-strong protest march of June 16, 2019… 5 years ago today, Hong Kong CE says that the massive street protests,“embodied the spirit of Hong Kong as a … Continue reading →

David Neuberger explains why is one of three British non-permanent CFA judges who haven’t resigned… “My feeling is that so long as I can do good by being there and so long as I think that I might cause harm … Continue reading →