Clear the Air says: she is wrong, yet again which is probably why CY Leung does not want her. Misconduct in public office , a common law offence, does apply to Tsang , and Henry Tang also, unless the two did not hold public office and were not paid from Government funds ? Misconduct in [...]
Posts on ‘June 21st, 2012’
Benefit of tourism doesn’t add up
SCMP Sure, some businesses profit from HK’s hordes of visitors, but overall gain to economy is a mirage JAKE’S VIEW Jake van der Kamp Jun 21, 2012 Tourism accounted for 6.2 per cent of Hong Kong’s economy in 2010, according to official figures. South China Morning Post (SEHK: 0583, announcements, news) , June 20 I looked and I [...]
Fear of flying free
SCMP – 21 June 2012 We have been alerted to an interesting wrinkle in the case of Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and the two holiday trips he took on private jets. Readers will recall that several months ago, Tsang admitted flying to Phuket with his wife on a private jet. He then made great [...]
Hong Kong leader-elect sorry for illegal structure
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120621-354383.html HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader-elect on Thursday publicly apologised for an illegal glass canopy at his home, months after his election rival admitted to building an unauthorised basement. In a city where people are regularly prosecuted over illegal additions to their homes, Leung Chun-ying said the canopy had been demolished as soon as [...]
Misconduct in Public Office
Clear the Air says: Denise Yue is wrong, yet again. Misconduct in public office , a common law offence, does apply to Tsang , and Henry Tang also, unless the two did not hold public office and were not paid from Government funds ? Principle Misconduct in public office is an offence at common law [...]
Sydney’s secret undersea scrapheap
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18516349 Sydney’s seafront and harbour is well known for its pristine tidiness, but delve under the water and it is a different picture. Now divers are attempting to clean up the rubbish that accumulates from the city’s waste water. Duncan Kennedy reports.
Tsang’s Exit in Hong Kong Marred by Scandal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303836404577474313122249478.html By TE-PING CHEN HONG KONG—Donald Tsang is preparing to leave office after seven years as Hong Kong’s leader mired in scandal and record-low approval ratings, tainting a legacy that until just a few months ago would remember him for his market acumen and decades of loyal government service. Enlarge Image Close Associated Press Hong Kong [...]
Over Capacity Looming for GB Residual Waste Infrastructure
A new report from environmental consultants, Eunomia Research & Consulting shows that Great Britain is at risk of heavily over-investing in residual waste treatment infrastructure. According to its report, Residual Waste Infrastructure Review Currently, GB (England, Scotland and Wales) has around 14.8 million tonnes of residual waste treatment capacity either ‘operating’ or ‘under construction’. Eunomia [...]
Staff petition Post editor
http://thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=123634&sid=36790732&con_type=1&d_str=20120621&fc=7 Thursday, June 21, 2012 About 40 South China Morning Post journalists have signed a petition to editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei, urging him to uphold freedom of the press amid a self-censorship controversy. The petition comes after Wang decided to report the death of mainland activist Li Wangyang earlier this month as a brief. When senior [...]
‘Urban homes too dear even for me’
http://thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=123657&sid=36791652&con_type=1&d_str=20120621&fc=7 Phila Siu Thursday, June 21, 2012 The man tipped to become the next housing chief says property prices are so high in popular urban areas that he cannot afford to live there. Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, said he is moving to somewhere else in Tai Po when [...]