Committee

CY's 'committee politics' plan doomed to fail, say critics

28 Jan 2013

The "committee politics" that worked in the pre-handover era is out of date as direct public participation in politics has become the mainstream, says City University social studies lecturer Dr...

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Waiting for Scrooge

25 Dec 2007

Christmas is not a time to be talking about politics, but that's what they're doing up in Beijing. National leaders are talking about us and our politics; more specifically, whether they think we...

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More time needed on land misuse inquiry

24 Apr 2007

A Legislative Council committee is still working on a report about rural leader Daniel Heung Cheuk-kei's unauthorised conversion of a warehouse on government land into a luxury villa.

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How the ESF will be run

25 Apr 2006

Key features of the ESF governance reform:

ESF foundation of 134 members and its executive committee to be replaced by 25-member board of governors.

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New panel on cultural hub begins to take shape

6 Apr 2006

Members of the new consultative committee on the West Kowloon Cultural District project are likely to be announced this week.

The panel, headed by Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan,...

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Hospital Authority rapped over pay study

1 Sep 2005

Board members say staff committee is being too secretive about the findings

The Hospital Authority board is being urged to open up after it was criticised for being 'secretive' in...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

3:37AM

Opportunity for openness must be grasped

The government's recent pledges to conduct its business with greater transparency are more than welcome. One very easy way to boost these efforts would be to tighten the rules under which its...

12:40AM

Home Affairs Bureau establishes three cultural committees

Updated at 5.54pm:
The Home Affairs Bureau has established three cultural committees to help promote the performing arts, public libraries and museums, a spokesman said on Friday.

5:13AM

Ex-convicts penalised by poll rules

Former prisoners can run for Legco sooner than for apartment committees

4:03AM

Why more dissent means better policies

This year's political dramas have propelled the government into full listening and consultation mode, as an enforced substitute for conventional democracy.

9:48PM

New ideas for choosing advisors

A consultation paper on the government's review of advisory and statutory bodies was released yesterday, promising greater transparency and accountability in the appointment and operation of the...

12:59PM

Ethnicity of committee members irrelevant

Kevin Sinclair's column headlined 'Approach to racism coloured by nanny state folly' (South China Morning Post, June 26), contained some unfair comments about the new Committee on the Promotion of...

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