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Hong Kong 25: China’s Xi Jinping inaugurates John Lee as leader amid high security and media restrictions
By Kelly Ho, Almond Li and Tom Grundy. China’s Xi Jinping inaugurated John Lee as Hong Kong’s new chief executive on Friday, marking the 25th anniversary of the city’s Handover from Britain to China, amid high security and media restrictions. Xi arrived by Express Rail Link for the second day running as he did not…
Event: ‘The Days Before The Silent Spring’ – multi-channel video installation explores sustainable development in Hong Kong
[Sponsored] WMA is hosting “The Days Before The Silent Spring”, its newly commissioned lens-based project by artist Lo Lai Lai Natalie from December 15. The exhibition pays homage to the decade long journey by the members of Sangwoodgoon, a farming collective that Lo is a part of, founded by a diverse group of supporters of…
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Lantau Tomorrow Vision: From a placid patch of sea to a housing megapolis in 7 years? What a joke
It is not often that a government press event has me rolling on the floor laughing. So I would like to thank Secretary for Development Michael Wong for his priceless performance on the Lantau Vision thing. Reclamation for the first new island, he said, would begin in 2025. The first residents “may” move in by…
Don’t waste your pity on Donald Tsang, we’re still paying for his megalomania projects
The convicted criminal Donald Tsang Yam-kuen – the most senior government official to have been jailed – completed his sentence last week, pitifully telling the media about his ‘suffering’. He was incarcerated for misconduct in public office but has escaped censure for his much bigger legacy of initiating white elephant projects frittering away billions upon billions…
FEATURES
West Kowloon to Guangzhou South: Hong Kong’s controversial new rail project seen from both sides of the border
As Hong Kong’s controversial high-speed railway project finally opened on Sunday, HKFP hitched a ride with a young train enthusiast who had mixed feelings about the project, and spoke with a frequent traveller from Guangzhou who found the new rail link to be “too troublesome.” Hong Kong railway fan Wyman Wong said he had been…
Mixed reactions on first day of high-speed railway connecting Hong Kong to China
The Hong Kong section of the controversial high-speed railway connecting the city with mainland China started operating on Sunday after years of opposition, delays and cost overruns. The 26-kilometre-long railway cost HK$86.4 billion and took more than eight years to complete. The West Kowloon terminus was opened to the public on Sunday. A few ticket-holders arrived…
Cost overruns and constitutional debate: Hong Kong’s controversial Express Rail Link, explained
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link has started operating on Sunday. The 26-kilometre project, which is the most expensive rail line on a per-kilometre basis in the world, has seen many controversies since the government officially proposed it in 2009. Protests in 2010 The funding plan for the Express Rail Link was submitted to the…
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