... after the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling barring them from taking office, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Legco president Andrew Leung said the decision was made after the pair fai ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
... s year, a court has suspended Green Field Motor’s operation after it failed to settle payments owed to more than 260 suppliers. Harmony has been heavily criticized for not conducting proper due dilige ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
... ls of the court decision disqualifying the Youngspiration duo from their elected positions in the Legislative Council, people are bound to say of the report: "Is this a joke?" According to a study con ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching are considering seeking a Court of Final Appeal ruling on their disqualification from the Legislative Council. A decision on their next move will be made in the n ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... sm of our court's decision by certain pro-establishment heavyweights, our judicial system is still largely independent and our citizens still hold our judges in high regard. Accountability in our civi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... Hong Kong court ruling that disqualified them from office on the grounds that they failed to take their oaths properly. Leung and Yau's oaths were deemed invalid as the duo, during an October ceremony ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
Two mainland-born people were handed a fine of HK$1,000 each by Hong Kong court Tuesday for attempting to cook a dead cat, which they claimed was aimed at feeding their pet dogs. Shu Xingqiao, 37, and ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-30
... heyuan, a courtyard surrounded by four buildings, commonly seen throughout ancient China. The site was once transformed into a restaurant specializing in Sichuan cuisine, and former Chinese leader Den ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-30
... that only courts in Hong Kong can, if judges all hold that it’s genuinely warranted, seek through the Court of Final Appeal an interpretation from the NPC Standing Committee. With such gratuitous impe ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
... anyone to court or to do anything about it would be financially out of the question. It makes one so dispirited, it’s very upsetting," she said. "Chinese laws are very different". Taylor said she lodg ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
... ng a full court press on China over its currency manipulation but prominent investors like Warren Buffett, who rarely weighed in on policy issues, were also lashing out at China and calling for all-ou ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... bitration court ruled in favor of the Philippines, undermining China's territorial claims. Since 2012, China had used its coast guard to block the waters around the shoal from Filipinos, but Chinese v ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... the High Court from taking office over their improper oath-taking, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The ruling followed an interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law by China's legislature ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... ance, the court will only take into account the actual manner in which the defendants took their oath and the wording they used in their oath on Oct. 12. Any other factors such as the remarks they mad ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... the High Court disqualified Youngspiration duo Sixtus "Baggio" Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching. On Tuesday the pro-establishment Sing Tao Daily published an exclusive story saying the government i ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
Last week, the High Court ruled in favor of the government and declared the lawmaker status of two Youngspiration activists null and void. The decision came as it was deemed that the manner in which t ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
... d for the court or the administration to take action against a lawmaker for their behavior in their own turf. Doing so may damage the separation of powers in the Hong Kong government. President Xi Ji ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... the High Court from the Legislative Council for improperly taking their oaths of office. They are appealing the decision. According to a post on Yau's Facebook page, the letter wound up not being sen ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... ly on the court to redress social inequalities. As I have stressed over and over again, if the people of Hong Kong really want to achieve self-determination and topple the status quo, they can rely on ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
When High Court Justice Thomas Au ruled in favor of the government in the recent oath-taking case and declared the lawmaker status of the Youngspiration duo null and void, some critics and members of ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
