Category Archives: Blog

‘Courts respect freedom of expression’ unless you’re wearing a T-shirt with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX written on it. The Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2026 takes place. Top legal and judicial officials insist, as usual, that all is fine … Continue reading →

I’m supposed to spend a few days over the border next month. Haven’t been for six or seven years. I had a multiple-entry visa, which of course has expired. Do I need one at all these days? Hard to find … Continue reading →

Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Persian speaker, scourge of white elephant projects and collusion, record vote-winner and the greatest environment/lands/housing minister Hong Kong never had, is released from prison. He served four and a half years for ‘conspiring to subvert state power’ … Continue reading →

Speaking at the opening of the Legislative Council, John Lee urges lawmakers to ‘show courage in reflecting public opinion instead of simply following the tide’. (Standard story on on-line print edition only.) So, after introducing ‘all-patriot’ elections in 2021 to … Continue reading →

An authentic Hong Kong hero dies… He addressed pro-democracy demonstrators during the city’s 2014 Umbrella Movement, speaking in favour of a “free market in leadership”. The activist investor also criticised Hong Kong authorities during the city’s huge and sometimes violent … Continue reading →

AP describes the collapse of Hong Kong’s ranking in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index in the last 20 years… Behind the decline are the shutdown of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, more red lines for journalists and increasing self-censorship across the … Continue reading →

The Standard celebrated the new year by having a re-design/makeover. As well as a new – and far less eye-catching – masthead, the paper has introduced a new font for its headlines. It’s a skinny-looking serif thing that experts will … Continue reading →

Another case of Mainland fraudsters thinking ‘you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb’. From the Standard… A mainland woman was arrested Thursday afternoon at a bank in Admiralty after attempting to use a forged document to … Continue reading →

Didn’t have ‘Ronny Tong does something useful’ on my 2026 bingo card, but there you go. Far less shocking (you sort of suspected it even if you didn’t know for sure): the sort of bid-rigging that went on before the … Continue reading →

To a fanfare of scraped barrel bottoms, the Commerce and Economic Development Secretary Algernon Lau encourages Hong Kong’s young entrepreneurs to explore new opportunities in Central Asia, Latin America and Africa… Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Chinese General … Continue reading →