Rising through the ranks as a civil servant, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was Hong Kong’s 4th and current Chief Executive.
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Free flags and forbidden fishtails: Hong Kong’s new patriots-only era
It’s the little things that give you away. I mean, HK$140,000 is not a lot of money in terms of government spending, but it is our money, and the way in which it slipped through our collective fingers tells you a lot about how things are run these days. The story starts last October, when…
Hong Kong’s reluctance to keep Jumbo Floating Restaurant afloat exposes flaws in gov’t-led gentrification scheme
The iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant was promised a new lease of life as a “distinctive cultural heritage and tourist attraction” when Chief Executive Carrie Lam painted a rosy picture of the future of Aberdeen Harbour in her policy address in November 2020. She called the plan: Invigorating Island South. For more than 40 years, the…
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Small mercies: Low-profile groups struggle to support Hong Kong prisoners a year after the fall of Wall-fare
Of all the traumatic occasions in Wall-fare’s brief but eventful existence, the founder of the prisoners’ rights group will above all remember March last year – when tearful and panicky relatives of dozens of detained pro-democracy figures thronged its office appealing for help. The 1,000-square-foot room was in tumult, recalled Shiu Ka-chun in an interview…
In Pictures: Unkindest cut – Hong Kong’s last sawmill to close after 75 years to make way for new Northern Metropolis
The owner of Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Wong Hung-kuen, describes the 75-year-old business as a “temple of carpentry” in Hong Kong. But the city is about to lose its last such temple. The 72 year-old carpenter inherited the sawmill from his father, who founded it in 1947. It survived the city’s economic transition from…
Timeline: Hong Kong’s July 1 carnival of dissent – how 17 years of protest demands fell silent
Officially, July 1 marks the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule in 1997. Traditionally, it was also a day for tens – or even hundreds – of thousands of Hongkongers to take their diverse demands and grievances to the streets. From pro-democracy groups to labour unions, from LGBT+ rights advocates to artists wielding…
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