... 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
Pro-establishment lawmakers are threatening to do whatever it takes to stop two localist lawmakers-elect from retaking their oaths. New People’s Party leader Regina Ip told a forum on Sunday that they ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
... ty Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is given the greenlight to run. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Oct. 12. Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at english@hkej. ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
... s to the diplomatic pressure exerted by the US imperialists, Wong didn't vanish off the face of the earth like the Causeway Bay booksellers did. The fact that a Chinese citizen once again had to rely ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... access to IP (intellectual property) and assets that can be further exploited in China. Chinese media and related companies are increasingly realizing the importance of global brands as a means to gro ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... official Ip Kwok-him famously said: “I have seldom answered in English. I am sorry.” Chairwoman Starry Lee once told RTHK about “yin fa struck cheung”, by which she meant "infrastructure". Another DA ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-03
Regina Ip, chairwoman of the pro-Beijing New People's Party, appears to be still harboring ambitions of running for Hong Kong's top political post after failing to do so in 2012. On Wednesday, when as ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
... tch of recipients, which includes the city's largest political party -- the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB). DAB is, in fact, the only political party that has been offered s ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
... ems" principle that Beijing has pledged to uphold. It is something that we must treasure and protect, regardless of Beijing's determined efforts to tighten its control over the territory. We still hav ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
China is Britain's biggest supplier of surveillance equipment, raising security concerns over some of the Asian giant's investments in the country. Hikvision, a company controlled by the Chinese gover ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
... w leadership took over in 2013, with 59,000 cases prosecuted and 78,000 violators sentenced. “Fighting online piracy and the sale of fake goods to emerging markets is a key priority this year,” he tol ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
Under the "one country, two systems" principle, Beijing was not supposed to be involved in the recently concluded Legislative Council election. The only time it said something in relation to the elect ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
New People's Party leader Regina Ip has admitted lying to the media when she said she did not visit Beijing's Liaison Office after her election victory last week. Ip was reported to have paid a courte ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
... of Regina Ip's New People's Party and, by a sliver, the pro-Beijing Federation of Trade Unions, lost their share of the popular vote. The biggest gainers, by a mile, is the conglomeration of localists ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-06
