... nd Regina Ip, leader of the pro-Beijing New People’s Party, had less than 10 percent. The survey came after several new developments in the past 10 days. Leung said on Dec.9 that he would not not see ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... ef Regina Ip announced her candidacy and election platform on Thursday. In the meantime, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, who was the first to declare his candidacy for the 2017 election, unveiled his off ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... . membership of Leung’s Executive Committee, he jumped at it, leaving the party even more divided than before. One of those who left the party, Michael Tien, hitched his flag to Regina Ip’s New People ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... aving a whipping boy is essential for the opposition to energize its voter base. That's why when Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor told the media a day after Leung withdrew from the race that ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
Using the slogan "Win back Hong Kong", New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip launched her bid to become the city's next chief executive. Speaking at an assembly at the Convention and Exhibition Cent ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... an Regina Ip, they won’t pose a serious threat to Lam. Ip is far less popular than Lam and she carries some very unfavorable luggage from the past – many still remember vividly her numerous blunders a ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
... or Regina Ip are also widely expected to join the race soon. Beijing, of course, would want its loyal forces in Hong Kong to rally behind a single candidate in the face of the opposition's strong show ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
... 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
