Thursday, 18 April, 2013, 12:00am Comment›Insight & Opinion LEADER SCMP Editorial We could do without the air pollution we have suffered this week, but it does serve to remind the administration of the declaration by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying that the quality of the air we breathe is a core livelihood issue. Roadside readings in [...]
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New Air Plan
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Hong Kong’s hollow leadership
Sunday, 10 March, 2013, 2:43pm Comment›Insight & Opinion HONG KONG Sin-ming Shaw Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has been dogged by scandal from his first days in office, and his personal integrity is routinely impugned by much of the public. So it is no surprise that his popularity is plummeting. Leung has only himself [...]
Hong Kong is making its financial markets less transparent
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21572803-hong-kong-making-its-financial-markets-less-transparent-privacy-and-opacity/print Mar 2nd 2013 | SHANGHAI |From the print edition “HONG KONG residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication.” So begins Article 27 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Those rights, ever delicate, are under attack. Just as troubling, so too is Hong Kong’s reputation as Asia’s most transparent financial market. [...]
Hong Kong needs more double-tax deals, says industry
Submitted by admin on Mar 1st 2013, 12:00am Business›Economy TRANSPORT Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Agreements would help cut costs and improve city as a trade, financial and shipping centre Hong Kong needs to sign more tax-friendly treaties, develop its logistics-related infrastructure and increase the promotion of its shipping and aviation sectors to lure more foreign companies, [...]
Draft Government Regulation of low-emission zones goes to the government
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‘Long Hair’ loses appeal challenging Legco filibuster decision
Clear the Air says: it is high time lawmakers represented the people of Hong Kong instead of cunning stunts and vested interests and stop being ejected from Legco. Here is their oath: The Legislative Council Oath I swear that, being a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the [...]
Letter attention Panel on Health Services
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Government overstates cruise terminal benefits by 25 times
Submitted by admin on Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am Business MONITOR Tom Holland With only 16 ships due to call at the new Kai Tak facility in its first 11 months, the contribution to the local economy comes to only HK$27m The front page of yesterday’s South China Morning Post carried a story warning that the [...]
Can Leung Chun-ying deliver clean air to Hong Kong?
Submitted by admin on Jan 20th 2013, 12:00am Comment›Insight & Opinion SCMP Editorial Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s maiden policy address will be remembered for his declaration that the quality of the air we breathe to be among core livelihood issues, along with the housing crisis, poverty and so on. He will, therefore, be judged on [...]