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Golf controversy leaves the law stranded in the bunker

A decision to use a section of Hong Kong's best-known golf course for much-needed public housing became a major controversy. The necessary environmental impact assessment was misunderstood as a referendum on the public housing project, leading to widespread confusion, reports retired judge Henry Litton. The government’s proposal to take over a portion of the Fanling…

January 16, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

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Extent of UK’s vassal-dom to US shown by stunning new study

Quiz: Which of the following stores you find on high streets all over the UK are American and which are British? 1. Boots (chemist) 2. Waterstones (bookshop) 3. McDonalds (fast food) 4. Morrisons (supermarket) 5. Gail's (bakery) 6. Majestic Wine (alcoholic drinks) 7. KFC (fast food) 8. Costa (coffee) Did you find that difficult or…

January 13, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

When Hong Kong’s leader was wrongfully jailed as a criminal

It was a shocking turn of affairs. A respected former leader of Hong Kong was relentlessly pursued by lawyers and eventually thrown in jail as a criminal – before further examination established that he was not guilty of anything and had been wrongly imprisoned. It was a long nightmare for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, a popular…

January 10, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

China news Opinion

Starmer wants China friendship but MI5 is following a different script

Working to create positive relationships between the peoples of UK and China is now a crime in the eyes of MI5. This harmful policy has been easy to implement when they just pointed at ethnic Chinese. But now leader Keir Starmer wants a positive relationship too. Grenville Cross reports. On Oct 16, 2022, black-clad provocateurs,…

January 3, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Hong Kong News Opinion

When lawyers decided to bring down Hong Kong’s Chief Executive

One of the signs that Hong Kong has a world-class legal system is the way judiciary and government often disagree on outcomes. That shows healthy independence. But there have been cases in which people in the city's legal sector, using taxpayer legal aid money, attack the Chief Executive to create political theatre and hurt our…

January 2, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong has the tech ability to move into space logistics

The concept of the "low-altitude economy", such as drone-powered delivery of products, services, and even people, is all the buzz. But leading Hong Kong aerospace expert, Professor Dewey Yee, says we could aim higher, literally, to put the city at the forefront of space logistics FOR MOST HONG KONG people, it was unimaginable that a…

December 3, 20240Comments ByDewey Yee

China news Features Opinion

Europe glares at China, hugs US and Israel: What’s going on?

Today, we are told, elites in Western Europe are “waking up to the malevolent influence of the Chinese regime”. At the same time, the conspicuously adverse, contemporary influence of the US and Israel in Europe prompts more “hug-ins” with this terrifying tag-team rather than any awakening. What is going on? Richard Cullen investigates. First: Europe…

November 28, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Rogue Elephant and Tethered Goat: a fable

Hong Kong's judicial system has become so soft that an opinion expressed by a member of the public can grow into what seems to be an actual court hearing, when it is no such thing. Top legal specialist Henry Litton reviews a recent example. THE RULE OF LAW in Hong Kong is a structured…

October 30, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

Chinese history Culture Features Opinion

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

Yes, the west IS addicted to war. We may think that all nations or regions have a similar propensity to conflict - think of China's "warring states" period. But when we consider history, we find that the global west actually has a significantly higher propensity to take up arms against whoever it wants to. Richard…

October 3, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Hong Kong News News Opinion

CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

The journey taken by the prosecution relating to a famous illegal march in August 2019 has been bizarre, reports Henry Litton. THE FINAL DETERMINATION in the Court of Final Appeal ( CFA ) of the case arising from the so-called “818 Procession” is both bizarre and disturbing. The case was founded on hard facts and clear criminality, yet…

October 2, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

Opinion

Golf controversy leaves the law stranded in the bunker

Extent of UK’s vassal-dom to US shown by stunning new study

When Hong Kong’s leader was wrongfully jailed as a criminal

Starmer wants China friendship but MI5 is following a different script

When lawyers decided to bring down Hong Kong’s Chief Executive

Hong Kong has the tech ability to move into space logistics

Europe glares at China, hugs US and Israel: What’s going on?

Rogue Elephant and Tethered Goat: a fable

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

Despite unsettled global economy, China sets 5% target

How Hong Kong’s solicitor group steered their ship through stormy waters

Chinese Canadians to form national organization to oppose rising McCarthyism