Category Archives: Blog

Following the success of the ‘pictures of babies in civil service offices’ idea, lawmakers come up with new exciting suggestions: some all-patriots are proposing that young people should be able to draw on their MPF funds for down payments on … Continue reading →

Would love to be able to fast-forward four years. Let’s imagine it’s 2028…  Suppose Donald Trump was totally serious about tax cuts for business and the rich, big tariffs on imports, ordering the Fed to cut interest rates, and mass-deportations … Continue reading →

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is popular among many Asian-Americans. For example, she has long enjoyed support from Cantonese-speaking San Franciscans, who know her as ‘Ho Kam Lai’. But some feel differently. China Media Project analyzes content in simplified Chinese on … Continue reading →

A great moment in the history of all-patriots lawmakers as one proposes a new way to boost Hong Kong’s ultra-low birth rate… …Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker [Bill Tang] suggested that government should promote the idea that “babies … Continue reading →

A gentle start to the week. From HKFP, an interesting look at how neighbourhood restaurants and customers are adapting to the new rules against plastic and polystyrene disposable items… [Customer] Lam, who was buying lunch at a “two-dish rice” shop … Continue reading →

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 →