Monthly Archives: August 2014

For several years, the Hong Kong Police have increasingly imposed annoying, if not vindictive, crowd-control measures during pro-democracy – but not other – gatherings. Now it seems Hong Kong Post and the Independent Commission Against Corruption are also being brought … Continue reading →

…like the Macau Judicial Police, the HK Post Office and the ICAC. And Hugo ‘pork jowl’ Leung…

Just as you thought the barrage of bullshit couldn’t get any louder, up go the decibels. Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung says that Hong Kong can’t have elections in line with international norms because the city allows non-citizens to … Continue reading →

The Standard uses the phrase ‘sad and angry’. The less diplomatic among us might say ‘even more crotchety and grumpy than usual’. Either way, National People’s Congress Standing Committee member Rita Fan declares that it is futile for Hong Kong’s … Continue reading →

To illustrate what rule of law means in Hong Kong, take a look at Macau. A small group of pro-democracy activists, inspired by the Big Lychee’s recent ‘civil referendum’, launch a small-scale poll to gauge the public’s opinion of bumbling … Continue reading →

As is often the case as the end of summer starts to approach, the mentally diseased take over. Frenzied mouth-frothing erupts in Hong Kong after a stray dog is fatally hit by a train. The facts of the case are: … Continue reading →

How’s this for an exquisite bit of policymaking inanity? That’s right: a solution to poverty in the form of a handout that’s not enough to live on. Hong Kong has identified a problem in the form of elderly poor. The … Continue reading →

Never let it be said that China Daily doesn’t let you know what’s coming. (Story not online, but also buried away here.) Chief Executive CY Leung instructs us in Basic Law semantics. The Nomination Committee that will in theory select candidates … Continue reading →

It is unlikely that many people went through the Hong Kong government’s report on the public consultation exercise on 2016-17 political reforms. If my own 0.03-second perusal of the documents is anything to go by, it largely comprised identical statements … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s ‘Alliance for Peace and Democracy’ procession against Occupy Central is officially portrayed as the silent majority opposing lawlessness and disaster. It mainly highlighted the weirdness resulting from the political/social/cultural gap between the Chinese government and the mainstream Hong Kong … Continue reading →