After getting swiftly passed by both houses of US Congress, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the Protect Hong Kong Act were signed into law by President Donald Trump last Wednesday. The legislation...

As the political storm triggered by the extradition bill misadventure has morphed into a broader anti-government protest movement, Hong Kong’s young people, including secondary school students, who have been at the forefront of the street demonstrations...

Just as the Sino-US trade war and the political crisis in Hong Kong are reaching a critical moment, the foreign affairs committees at the US Senate and House of Representatives have approved the Hong Kong Human Rights...

As violence over the extradition bill saga continues to spiral, we find ourselves on the brink of self-destruction. Chief Executive Carrie Cheng Yuet-ngor has adopted a flexible and mobile strategy by first suspending the extradition bill...

The social turmoil gripping Hong Kong over the past two months might appear a purely domestic issue arising from the city’s political system. But if we look at the big picture, we can tell that the...

The visit of Han Kuo-yu, the popular Mayor of Kaohsiung, to Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Xiamen last month offers an example of how one can try to improve cross-strait relationships by focusing on economic issues....

In his 2007/08 Budget, the then Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah first laid out a proposal of offering some “sweeteners” to the public. Since then, questions such as how the government should hand out such benefits,...

The rule of law in Hong Kong has come under severe and imminent threat in recent years as  opposition politicians have been trying to place their own political “perceptions” above our legal profession, our rule of...

The Sino-US trade war has cast a cloud over the global economy, bringing many uncertainties. As an international trade and financial hub, Hong Kong is at the receiving end of some pressure, with the territory’s special status...

In 2003, the government commissioned consultants to explore new ways to resolve the long-standing problem of traffic congestion along the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (CHT). However, 15 years on, there is still no end in sight for the...

Our Hong Kong Foundation has put forward a bold and visionary proposal known as the ‘Enhanced East Lantau Metropolis” program. Under the proposal, the foundation suggests that the government build a gigantic man-made island with a...

Last month our courts made several landmark decisions that helped to set the record straight on the idea of the so-called civil disobedience that has been advocated by some pro-democracy intellectuals in recent years, and put...