Monthly Archives: January 2022

Music by pro-democracy artists including Denise Ho, Tat Ming Pair, Dear Jane and Charmaine Fong is now apparently barred from RTHK’s programming.  And after 33 years, the June 4 slogan on HKU’s Swire Bridge gets the Pillar of Shame treatment. … Continue reading →

Consulum, the PR agency given US$5.7 million to do a strategic something blah-blah study on relaunching Hong Kong, has handed in its report. A Factwire story reveals that it’s bursting with all the exciting and incisive findings and recommendations you … Continue reading →

More coverage of the dilemma/absurdity that requires Hong Kong’s economy to be wrecked so the CCP can save face and protect the motherland from Covid with a ‘Made in China’ vaccine.  Charles Mok writes in the Diplomat that ‘Zero COVID … Continue reading →

…trying to feel Carrie Lam’s emotions.  Veteran patriotic politician Tsang Yok-sing says Beijing will have just one name on the Chief Executive quasi-election ballot, rather than contrive a phony race between the prearranged winner and a designated loser. This obviously … Continue reading →

The Chief Justice goes to considerable lengths to explain that judicial independence exists in Hong Kong. HKFP report here. It would be more convincing if he didn’t feel a need to say this in the first place. But perhaps credibility … Continue reading →

The SCMP attempts to decode a CCP newspaper’s vague warning that Hong Kong’s failure to fight Covid could endanger national safety. Sample: The Ta Kung Pao editorial said the government must “assess the situation carefully and brace for the worst … Continue reading →

For all its NatSec laws, media clampdowns and imprisonment without trial, Hong Kong remains defiant. Animal lovers approach people taking hamsters to the government Humane Handling Management Centre Death Camp in Shatin and offer to hurry the pets away to … Continue reading →

From today’s Standard… Tears as people surrender their hamsters, lest the creatures breathe all over them. Shares in Checkley Sin’s old company zoom after he announces a bid to ‘run’ for Chief Executive. And the HK Police have a recruitment … Continue reading →

Following widespread criticism that its Covid policies are unscientific, incoherent and futile, the Hong Kong government decides to bolster its credibility by ordering a round-up of hamsters. (Live action pix here.) The small furry rodents – long accustomed to spending … Continue reading →

Secretary for Home Affairs Casper Tsui, Immigration Director Au Ka-wang and a political assistant are released from quarantine at Penny’s Bay. It seems there will be no serious punishment for officials or lawmakers who attended the Witman Hung birthday bash. … Continue reading →