Nov 27, 2018 | Letters from Hong Kong
The main pro-establishment candidate won last Sunday’s special election in Kowloon West by a substantial margin, dealing a major blow to the hopes of her main competitor. The Legislative Council seat in question was an important prize for her chief opponent after the...
Nov 7, 2018 | Letters from Hong Kong
Spoiler, sore-loser, and a has-been politician who cares more about his ego than the causes he claims to espouse … all this and much worse has been directed in recent months at Frederick Fung Kin-kee【馮檢基】. It’s not the first time Fung has been under fire from...
Oct 19, 2018 | Letters from Hong Kong
November 25 is the next special election, scheduled to fill another of the seats vacated in the long-running oath-taking saga. A total of six legislators-elect were disqualified after Beijing unexpectedly stiffened the rules on oaths-of-office. The six, all democrats,...
Oct 10, 2018 | Letters from Hong Kong
Evidently the reassuring words from members of Hong Kong’s ruling establishment were not meant to be taken at face value. It’s getting to be a habit. The words followed a vociferous campaign spearheaded by former Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to...
Sep 26, 2018 | Letters from Hong Kong
Barrister, Executive Councillor, and veteran Hong Kong legal authority Ronny Tong Ka-wah is most indignant. The New York Times, he says, must be a very “strange” sort of newspaper. Strange, indeed. Many have aspired to see their names in print on the Times op-ed...
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