... s leadership over the past four years. Tsang went on leave from Tuesday with Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Ceajer Chan Ka-keung named as acting financial secretary. Democratic Part ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
... er Regina Ip and Chief Secretary Carrie Lam. Tsang continues to outshine his potential rivals in public opinion polls, making him the most popular senior government official. In addition, Tsang has th ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... ef Regina Ip later this week. Still, Lam and Tsang are the favorites, although they are totally different in character. One big difference, as pointed out by Starry Lee, the chairwoman of the Democrat ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... ire for flip-flopping if she finally decides to take part in the election. Other CE hopefuls such as lawmaker and former security chief Regina Ip and Financial Secretary John Tsang, who tendered his r ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... or Regina Ip will announce her candidacy on Thursday. The former security chief is a trusted lieutenant of Beijing and she has successfully transformed to politician in her second career. However, she ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... an Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, and a former Legislative Council president Japser Tsang Yok-sing. Beijing, however, has apparently not yet given its blessing to any of the potential candidates. John Tsang h ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... ef Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is widely expected to announce her candidacy during an important event to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in mid-December. So with John Tsang and Reg ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-06
... sentative Ip Kin-yuen is almost run off his feet dealing with government education blunders and a myriad of issues throughout the education system. Most telling, even in the trade union sector, where ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
... th Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee. Such polls only make sense in a one person, one vote election but no sense in an election decided by an Election Committee of 1,200 people, which is heavily influenced by Bei ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
The chief executive election is only four months away but there's only one declared candidate in retired judge Woo Kwok-hing. Leung Chun-ying, John Tsang and Regina Ip are mum about their prospective ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-30
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, leader of the pro-Beijing New People’s Party, said she has no plans to announce her decision on whether she will run for chief executive next year anytime soon but reiterated he ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... egislator Ip Kin-yuen, who represents the education sector, finds it hard to side with the school on this matter, pointing out that such a regulation could pose a risk to the health, not to mention hy ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
A government-appointed committee has concluded that there is no direct correlation between student suicides and the school system. Committee chairman Paul Yip announced the findings in response to a r ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... ef Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee representing the New People's Party (8.4 percent). So far only judge Woo has declared his candidacy, and he appears to have got off to a good start with his frequent media exp ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... egislator Ip Kin-yuen, who represents the education functional constituency, said he has urged the bureau to continue monitoring the school. Citing media reports, he said the preparatory school is at ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... ef Regina Ip to express their interest in running for the top job. Compared with other front runners, it appears that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who everybody knows is determined to seek a secon ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... to participate in the race puts the pressure on other CE hopefuls to declare their intention right away so that the public can start assessing their fitness for the office. But the other contestants ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
On Thursday, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing became the first person to announce his candidacy for the 2017 chief executive election. The next day, former security chief Regina Ip expressed her interest i ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
Regina Ip, leader of the pro-Beijing New People’s Party, is interested in running for chief executive and preparing for her prospective candidacy. This is the first time Ip has openly expressed her in ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... or Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee. But how Woo would handle the unprecedented political chaos resulting from the oath-taking impasse is anybody's guess. He may be lacking in administrative experience, but he ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
