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Birdwatching / 2018-12-28 / Nick Sallnow-Smith No Xmas theme this time dear reader; and no New Year’s message either. Rather, I want to contribute some musings prompted by my recent attendance of an update on global accounting and compliance issues. For me, this is close to a visit to theContinue reading>

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No, the state doesn’t create wealth / 2018-11-29 / Nick Sallnow-Smith A good friend of mine recently sent me an article entitled “Yes, Government Creates Wealth”. He did this tongue in cheek because he knew I would object to the idea. But rather than throw the piece in the litterContinue reading>

Live and Let Live / 2018-10-24 / Nick Sallnow-Smith Earlier in the summer I wrote about why, in my view, Hong Kong is neither a corporation nor a commune. It is (or should be) a community of individuals living peacefully together in our city. How, you may ask, is thatContinue reading>

The Lion Rock Institute cordially invites you to join the largest annual celebration of economic freedom in Hong Kong. We will celebrate the 14th Anniversary of the institute. If you love and treasure the freedom we have in Hong Kong, you should be part of this event! Mr. John Tsang,Continue reading>

Freedom = Property Rights / 2018-09-26 / Nick Sallnow-Smith The simple truth of my title this month is worth repeating regularly, especially in Hong Kong. It seems, listening to comments on private property rights from many people here, that they have forgotten this vital equation. Note I say “equation”; thisContinue reading>

Is Hong Kong a Commune? / 2018-08-28 / Nick Sallnow-Smith Last month I posed the question, is Hong Kong a Corporation? Should the Government think of the city as a business to be run? Of course my answer was ”no”, even though many of our citizens seem to believe otherwise.Continue reading>

(Letter to SCMP Editor on Aug 9, 2018 by Lion Rock Institute Chairman Nick Sallnow-Smith) I was dismayed to read your first leader on Monday this week; not because of the subject matter but by the opening sentence (“Greater Bay Area offers a chance for tourism success”, August 6). YouContinue reading>

Is Hong Kong a Corporation? / 2018-07-24 / Nick Sallnow-Smith For the high summer months of July and August I want to offer a pair of articles. The first entitled as above, the second will ask the question “Is Hong Kong a Commune?” (Spoiler alert – the answer in both casesContinue reading>

Conduct / 2018-06-26 / Nick Sallnow-Smith You will have to be patient for a couple of paragraphs before I arrive at explaining the title for my thoughts this month. My route to it begins with a quick reprise of the difference between “natural law” and what I will term “codeContinue reading>