Category Archives: Blog

The Hong Kong Democratic Party announces that it is starting the process to shut itself down. For a party founded to fight for democracy, it is a depressing end – pressured to disband by figures working for a government that … Continue reading →

NatSec police bring the parents of wanted activist Frances Hui into police stations for questioning. It is the mother’s second time… National security police reportedly first took in the mother for questioning a week after they issued an arrest warrant … Continue reading →

…because of course/why not?  The BBC reports US bonds being dumped, pushing up interest rates (Trump’s other obsession). Then CNN… President Donald Trump announced a complete three-month pause on all the “reciprocal” tariffs that went into effect at midnight, with … Continue reading →

The SCMP reports… Lawmakers have questioned the need to create three more positions in the office of Hong Kong’s leader amid the budget deficit, but an official has stressed the roles will support a “new culture” of better informing the … Continue reading →

The Development (sic) Bureau announces plans to cover coastal areas in the New Territories and outlying islands with oh-so original tourism/luxury housing eco-concrete, starting with southern Lamma…  The site – a disused quarry on Lamma Island covering an area of … Continue reading →

None of them about Speed or Coldplay…  SCMP op-ed by a couple of academic/think-tank types suggests that the government sell public housing units at (pluck random number out of thin air) 25% below their market value in order to tackle … Continue reading →

A man is imprisoned for 10 months for writing graffiti on and around pedestrian walkways… [Ernest Lee] stood accused of “destroying” lift doors and banners in multiple locations, including pedestrian bridges in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, between May and … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wondered whether or how rents have reflected population changes in different Hong Kong districts over the last five years. Joel Chan comes up with the data. Anything expensive (that’s all apartments in Hong Kong island, plus big ones … Continue reading →

If you thought we had heard the last of ‘soft resistance’, you were wrong. Security Secretary Chris Tang warns against the phenomenon ahead of the 10th National Security Education Day on April 15… “Citizens must think critically and not be … Continue reading →

The Diplomat has a Hong Kong-centric take on the CK Hutchison ports saga. There are some debatable points (for example, whether the company sought Beijing’s approval). But it poses some interesting questions… This backlash reflects Beijing’s increasingly uneasy relationship with … Continue reading →