Author Archives: biglychee

Some reading from the weekend… Bloomberg report on Hong Kong migrants in the UK unable to get their Mandatory Provident Fund savings… Leo moved to Manchester in 2022 on his BN(O) passport, and in March 2023 started the process of … Continue reading →

Despite relocating to Taiwan a few months ago, RFA has not forgotten its former base, reporting at some length on the falling number of school children in the city… Hong Kong is expecting a sharp fall in the number of … Continue reading →

Can Hong Kong ever devise a publicly funded project – especially of the ‘hub’ variety – that doesn’t end up with a real-estate play? RTHK says… The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority will be allowed to sell residential developments within … Continue reading →

Chief Executive John Lee wants young people to stick to private-sector homes… Hong Kong’s leader has called on young people not to waste “potential and opportunities” by “deliberately” depressing their income below the limit allowed to apply for public housing. … Continue reading →

Following a regular UN review of Hong Kong, all-patriots lawmakers vie with one another to think up ways the city’s ‘civil force’ – business folk and (no doubt publicly subsidized) sports and cultural figures – can counter foreign criticism of … Continue reading →

Regina in LegCo quizzing officials on their reluctance to change the taxi licensing system and enable ride-hailing services to operate legally. How, she asks, can the authorities still allow speculators to hold and trade the colonial-era permits for perpetuity? Some … Continue reading →

More HK47 mitigation pleas – Winnie Yu, founder of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance in 2019 – has her statement cut short… She cited the Hong Kong government’s failure to contain community outbreaks during the Covid-19 pandemic as one the … Continue reading →

Singaporean boss of Sino Land Robert Ng applies for a non-Chinese cross-border travel permit. Especially useful if you go to the Mainland frequently and are a citizen of a country whose citizens don’t get long-term multiple-entry visas or visa-free entry.  … Continue reading →

SCMP reports on the ‘Dragon Slaying’ bomb plot trial… An alleged core member of the “Dragon Slaying Brigade” has accused Hong Kong police of using threats to force him into giving false statements after his arrest over a thwarted bomb … Continue reading →

More HK47 pre-sentencing mitigation, including endorsements from former government officials Anthony Cheung and Law Chi-kwong. Both had once been members of the Democratic Party. Hard to believe in these all-patriots/jailed opposition days that Beijing once allowed the local administration to … Continue reading →