Executive Council of Hong Kong

Hunt for new Equal Opportunities Commission chief launched

25 Sep 2012

The Equal Opportunities Commission launched a hunt for a new chairman yesterday after its chief decided to step down in January in favour of his new role as Executive Council convenor.

Ministerial scandals prompt calls for reform of background checks

20 Aug 2012

To lose the services of one ministerial colleague to scandal may be unfortunate. To lose the minister's replacement in similar circumstances seems like carelessness on the part of Chief Executive...

Leung Chun-ying is urged to declare all stock interests

16 Aug 2012

Leung Chun-ying has been urged to declare all his links to his former property business no matter how small.

Quotes of the week

12 Aug 2012

Hong Kong has always had potential. Now we have showed we also have quality

Jonathan McKinley, Home Affairs Bureau deputy secretary on the city's Olympic performance

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Exco's 30 members declare their 142 properties; no wonder it took a while

11 Aug 2012

Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung is the executive councillor with the biggest real estate portfolio - 31 properties, eight car-parking spaces and two lots under development.

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Last chance for chan, says exco convenor

It was understandable people would question the credibility of development minister Paul Chan Mo-po, Executive Council convenor Lam Woon-kwong said yesterday.

Who said it?

It's up to the public to decide whether they trust him or not. But I agree there are doubts

Exco member Lam Woon-kwong, referring to scandal-hit Development Secretary Paul Chan Mo-...

Record number in Legco unelected

A post-handover record 16 functional constituency candidates are set to be returned unopposed as legislative councillors in October.

Pro-Beijing teaching kit a problem for Exco man

As thousands of parents and students flocked to Victoria Park to protest against national education, more members of Leung Chun-ying's top advisory body spoke out against the course material's...

'Taipan' says radio row about politics

A major shareholder's decision to put the Digital Broadcasting Corporation at risk of liquidation by refusing to pump in extra cash is 'politically motivated', the station's co-founder, 'Taipan'...

Exco member dissents on national studies

Schools should not be required to make national education a compulsory subject in three years, says Executive Councillor Anna Wu Hung-yuk - the first dissenting voice in the government's advisory...