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Mark Pinkstone is an Australian journalist with 50 years experience in Hong Kong newspapers, magazines and with the Hong Kong government. He previously served as Chief Information Officer with the Government Secretariat prior to 1997, and as head of the government's overseas public relations section.

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The pundits asking for universal suffrage in Hong Kong have missed the point: They should be pushing for legislative council elections and not that of the Chief Executive (CE). The CE does not make laws or run the day to day affairs of Hong Kong. The post is merely the link between this Special Administrative […]

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