Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong

13 Aug 2012

When is a good time to take a break? If you are the chief executive of Hong Kong, the answer is probably never.

Appointment could signal end of C.Y. plan

31 Jul 2012

Paul Chan Mo-po's appointment as development chief (instead of the proposed new post of deputy financial secretary) signals that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has pulled the reins on his...

Did I merit my pay, ex-political assistant muses

28 Jul 2012

When he became the youngest political assistant in then chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's administration in 2008, Paul Chan Chi-yuen asked himself a question: was he really worth his monthly...

Paul Chan in mix for development post

20 Jul 2012

The administration has discussed the vacant position of development chief with lawmaker Paul Chan Mo-po - already tipped as a candidate for deputy financial secretary.

Upright ways

17 Jul 2012

All the insiders know it: serving as a senior official in colonial Hong Kong government is the next best thing to being the most powerful ruler in the world. Perhaps even better.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Civil service must be taught integrity

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying certainly has not helped himself with his apparent lack of candour over unauthorised structures.

ICAC chief faces credibility hurdle

Simon Peh Yun-lu, the new chief of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, is likely to have proven his hard-nosed credentials by keeping out of the city people whom Beijing has deemed as...

Red Cross denies it has snubbed Leung's wife

A decision not to invite Regina Tong Ching-yee, the wife of the new chief executive, to be the president of the Red Cross was not political, the organisation said, even though its past two...

ICAC chief denies Tsang urged him to probe Leung

Chief graft-buster Timothy Tong Hin-ming has rejected a media report that Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen urged him over lunch to investigate allegations of false statements by his successor...

Six degrees

Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, the former head of the Monetary Authority, has been criticised by Legco for not preventing banks from selling the disastrous Lehman Brothers minibonds - what with Hong Kong...

Let Tsang finish his term, then conduct a proper probe

Will he or won't he step down from the position of chief executive during the last month of his term?