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Interpretation reflects the legislative intent of the law(Priscilla Leung)

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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu requested an interpretation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL) from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) over a legal matter arising from whether Timothy Owen, a British barrister who is not qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, may act as counsel for Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in a case involving points of national security. The NPCSC after hearing a report from Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, promulgated an interpretation on Dec 30, 2022, over the matter.

Letter To Hong Kong (Ir Dr LO Wai Kwok)

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Dear fellow Hong Kong Engineers, In January this year, Hong Kong has experienced a strongest cold wave in decades. Scientists claim that we may expect more extreme weather in this century due to global climate change. While Industrialization has brought to us modernization, it has also resulted in high consumption rate of natural resources, depletion … Read more

A cancer in our society (Jeffrey Lam)

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Hong Kong society should not tolerate radical protests carried out in the name of freedom of expression. Since the Occupy protests ended in December, we have seen a series of spontaneous guerilla actions, the most recent being the disruption of a school debating competition.

Universal pension plan would create more problems than it fixes (Jeffrey Lam)

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With an ageing population and a declining workforce in Hong Kong, any universal pension scheme will place a huge financial burden on young people. It seems ironic that, on the one hand, some are calling for such a scheme because the population is ageing fast and many old people will have no one to take care of them…

Spirit of handover talks offers model for political reform (Priscilla Leung)

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The death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher brought back memories of the marathon talks between China and Britain over the handover of Hong Kong that took place during her term in office. But also, more importantly, it reminded us that the willingness to find common ground through rational dialogue is always the key … Read more