All the makings of a dream team
Raymond Ho (SCMP, 19 February 2007) The Link Management is the company attracting most public attention in Hong Kong, not because of its size but because it was once a part of the government. Recent controversies over leasing issues have brought it into the media’s focus. Public opinion is almostContinue reading>
Rental voucher can be a way out
(13 February 2007) Imagine what the situation would be like doubling the market potential of Hong Kong’s property market by freeing the opportunity suppressed by the Housing Authority. Nearly 50% of Hong Kong population dwells in public housing provided by Housing Authority. Half a century ago when the victims ofContinue reading>
Opinions about 'Fair Competition Law'
Dave Werner (Opinions about ‘Fair Competition Law,’ 1 February 2007) Please let us know what you think about the proposal of implementing the ‘Fair Competition Law’. You may email your opinions to us at info@lionrockinstitute.org ‘HK Govt should glean some wisdom from observing that the SMEs that power Hong Kong—theContinue reading>
Sai Kung to open up beauty spots for weddings
Jasmine Wang, at SCMP City 3, on Tuesday 4th October, 2006 To open up public places for wedding ceremonies will bring more convenience for the couples and more business opportunities in the district, said district council member Raymond Ho Man Kit. Mr Ho said Sai Kung district now had aContinue reading>
Subject Line: Closing 2006 – For Friends of The Lion Rock Institute
Andrew Work (18 December 2006) Chers Amis, At year end, we often take a moment to reflect on what has been and what will be. I will indulge in this exercise with a short message on behalf of The Lion Rock Institute. It has been a year ofContinue reading>
NPC delegate Sit blasts Friedman
A veteran delegate to the National People’s Congress has hit back at a recent editorial by Nobel Prize-winner Milton Friedman, calling the American economist’s opinions on Hong Kong’s laissez-faire policy unwelcome and misguided. Jonathan Cheng – Wednesday, October 11, 2006 A veteran delegate to the National People’s Congress has hitContinue reading>
Tsang `laissez-faire' row grows
Jonathan Cheng – Friday, September 15, 2006 The apparent abandonment of Hong Kong’s laissez-faire ideology is quickly growing into a crisis of confidence, with one prominent party leader demanding the chief executive fully explain what he meant when he said that “positive nonintervention” was dead – and had been forContinue reading>
Free trade supporters hit back (Telegraph)
Monday 14th August, 2006 Free trade supporters hit backBy Richard Spencer in Hong Kong (Filed: 16/12/2005) Free trade hit back outside Hong Kong’s World Trade Organisation talks yesterday, mounting a small but cogently argued “anti-anti-globalisation” demonstration. While Korean farmers, Indonesian fishermen and international Marxists rallied in favour of protecting marketsContinue reading>
Suits and ties demonstrate on opposite side of divide
Jonathan Watts in Hong Kong – Friday December 16, 2005The Guardian It was billed as a capitalist counterbalance to the anti-free trade protests that grabbed the headlines at this week’s WTO talks in Hong Kong. Fed up by the attention given to Korean farmers, Filipina Marxists and the rest ofContinue reading>
Demonstrators call for removal of trade barriers
(14 August 2006) The Freedom to Trade (F2T) coalition staged a peaceful demonstration this afternoon calling for governments to remove barriers to trade throughout the world. The demonstration involved members of the F2T breaking chains and tearing down walls, representing the many barriers to trade imposed by our government, trappingContinue reading>