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.
Deputy President, I move the motion as printed on the Agenda. Deputy President, the occupation movement has evaporated from our streets into the thin air. Unfortunately, the stand-off between the pan-democrats and the Government continues in this Council, resulting in the lacklustre pace in vetting and approving funding applications for infrastructure projects, which has already created an unwarranted situation that … Read more
According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Construction Association at the end of last year, there was a shortfall of more than 15 per cent of workers, i.e. over 10 000, in the construction industry…
In 2013, the Government introduced the “Interim Scheme to Extend the Home Ownership Scheme Secondary Market to White Form Buyers” (“the Interim Scheme”) with a quota of 5 000 for persons meeting the eligibility criteria for the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) White Form applicants to purchase second-hand HOS flats without payment of land premium…
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (S-HK SC) will soon be launched. There are comments that S-HK SC marks an important step in the financial reform on the Mainland and it will help promote the internationalisation of Renminbi. Regarding matters relating to S-HK SC, will the Government inform this Council…
The CUHK Hong Kong Quality of Life Index 2013 released earlier by The Chinese University of Hong Kong indicated that the housing “affordability ratio” of Hong Kong people hit a record low in 12 years…
Following is a question by the Hon Lau Wong-fat and a written reply by the Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim, in the Legislative Council today (October 15): Question: It has been reported that the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has made huge amount of advanced payments for the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital … Read more
Democracy is the will of the majority which also respects minority rights. Such principles are supposed to be upheld by the pan-democrats…
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…
The Government established the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) in 2002 to encourage the local labour force to equip themselves in coping with the globalised and knowledge-based economic development, and to create opportunities for young people to move up the social ladder…
