Interview: Election changes mark ‘major regression’ of democracy in Hong Kong, says analyst Ma Ngok
China’s sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s political system amounts to a “major regression” of democracy and Hongkongers now feel their opinion is no longer respected, according to a leading analyst. Ma Ngok, associate professor of Hong Kong politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told HKFP the proposed amendments for “improving” the city’s elections […]
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Hong Kong National Security Education Day: What makes a nation worth securing?
The physicist Richard Feynman was once asked by a US Congressional defence committee what the latest multi-billion dollar atom smasher had to do with defence of the nation, from whose budget it was to be built. “It may make the nation worth defending,” he replied. Today, on Hong Kong’s National Security Education Day, it is […]
Six reasons why Hongkongers should jump at a Covid-19 jab
It has been more than a year and two months since Covid first poked its spiky self into our already complicated lives, fellow Hongkongers. Relative to most of the world, we have gotten off lightly, but it’s still been a morass of virus waves, leading to restrictions and closures. Some of us haven’t seen our […]
The mystery job that seems tailor-made for a CY Leung comeback
Let us now consider an interesting mystery. What are the powers and functions of the newly minted official post, the Chief Convener of the Election Committee? This is an interesting question, firstly because the old election committee seems to have managed without a convener, so it seems some new service will be provided, if we […]
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Myanmar’s coup marks a continuing worldwide retreat from democracy
By T-Fai Yeung Myanmar’s coup is part of the retreat from democracy around the world. Some commentators see the balance of power swinging against the global democratic bloc unless a way can be found to deter the armed forces from committing crimes against humanity. Did the military over-react? February 1, 2021 was when the government […]