Expatriate

1 Mar 2013

I agree with Mr Lam's argument about segregation in Hong Kong's education system, and would even go so far as saying that this city is currently plagued by an "educational apartheid".

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DSS holds key to English study places

22 Feb 2013

While expatriate families are requesting the government provides more international school places for their children (who do not speak Chinese and therefore cannot attend local schools), many...

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Move on 'foreign investors' tax breaks is shutting a Hong Kong loophole

14 Feb 2013

Let's start by putting this hit-the-foreigners element of Beijing's latest tax initiative into perspective. The share of foreign-invested enterprises in the mainland's exports rose from less than...

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Range of exemptions from investment taxes to end for expats in mainland

7 Feb 2013

The State Council unveiled sweeping tax reform plans on Tuesday under which three ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission, proposed 35 measures to make the wealthy pay...

Globetrotter bridges the gaps

29 Dec 2012

For many women determined to power through the glass ceiling on the way to the top of the corporate world, juggling a family can be a dealbreaker.

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Tom Holland

Signs of nightmare scenario in China's latest economic data

Expats in Hong Kong say property measures discriminate against them

Disgruntled expatriates living and working in Hong Kong believe they have become collateral victims of government measures aimed at curbing demand for property from mainland buyers.

Canada and Hong Kong end expats' double tax whammy

Hong Kong and Canada have signed a treaty to avoid double taxation and increase trade between the two economies.

Currently, income earned by Canadians in Hong Kong who are still deemed...

Unjust sense of entitlement, or a bargain for the public purse?

There's been far too much harmony in these pages lately. Jake van der Kamp and Monitor have agreed about almost everything recently, including what a lousy idea the government's new property taxes...

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POLICING

Last of overseas police officers heading to retirement

Dozens of overseas police officers who became part of the thin blue line in Hong Kong during the 1970s and 1980s are fast approaching the mandatory retirement age of 55, making a sharp dent in...

JAKE'S VIEW

ESF sense of entitlement an antiquated school of thought

The ESF was established to provide an affordable international education for students whose home country was not necessarily Asia and whose mother tongue was not Cantonese.

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MR. SHANGKONG

New property tax a blow to the Hong Kong dream