Powers that be fail to learn on education issue
Andrew Shuen (The Standard, 19 January 2009) And you want us to have children? As a 31-year-old male born and raised in Hong Kong, I am at a stage in life and mind where one could say I am seeking to “settle down.” Be a family man. Embrace the futureContinue reading>
Submission for Consultation of the Fine-tuning the Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools
Lion Rock Institute’s submission onFine-tuning the Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools LC Paper No. CB(2)733/08-09(01)15th January 2009 And you want us to have children? As a 31-year-old male born and raised in Hong Kong, I am at a stage in life and mindwhere one could say I am seekingContinue reading>
Weak link between shop rents and prices
Wong Kin-ming (Insight~A9, Other Voice, 2 January 2009) Hong Kong’s retail sector has been hard hit by the economic slowdown. Property agents anticipate rents will continue to fall, and some individual landlords have acted quickly, slashing charges by more than 20 per cent. Meanwhile, The Link Reit bucked the marketContinue reading>
Submission for Consultation of the Private Property Rights and The Link Reit
Submission to the Housing Panel Meeting For Tuesday December 16th, 2008. CB(1) 411/08-09(01) Respect of private property rights is no doubt one of the most fundamental elementsattributed to Hong Kong’s success. However, several incidents happened in recentyears suggest that the private property rights in Hong Kong are at threat. ActivismContinue reading>
Competition Law Reform – The Way Forward
Dan Ryan (15 December 2008) The Hong Kong government has raised expectations that some sort of competition-related reform will be introduced in the territory in 2009. Although it may surprise some, we are in favor of this. What we are against is that nature of the proposal that the governmentContinue reading>
It’s nonsense to fault offshore financial centres
Craig Boise and Prof Andrew P. Morriss (Financial Times, 3 December 2008) Sir, Your analysis of offshore financial centres (“Harbours of resentment”, Analysis, December 1) makes three important errors. First, you repeat the silly claim by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that the current financial crisis has “brutallyContinue reading>
Resorting to Keynes and other crutches
Dan Ryan (1 December 2008) The world’s governments are about to embark on a massive spending spree. China is busy spending US$586 billion. Others in the region have committed to large government spending packages. US president-elect Barack Obama has just announced he plans to save or create 2.5 million newContinue reading>
Hong Kong's Competition Problem
Hans Mahncke (HK Lawyer, 19 November 2008) After years of sidestepping the issue, the Hong Kong Government released its proposal for a cross-sector competition law in May, marking the beginning of a three month public consultation period. Draft legislation will be tabled in LegCo during the 2008/9 legislative session.
Work, not welfare
Dan Ryan (SCMP, 21 October 2008) One of the key elements of Donald Tsang Yam-kuen’s recent policy address was his plan to introduce an across-the-board statutory minimum wage in the coming 2008-2009 legislative session. While no doubt guided by the best intentions – if implemented – this policy would beContinue reading>
Submission for Consultation of the Proposed Competition Law
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