Illegal structures

12 May 2013

Corruption complaints that are deemed "pursuable" - excluding election-related cases - account for 70 per cent to 80 per cent of all reports the ICAC receives every year, a review of its annual...

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Letters to the Editor, March 20, 2013

20 Mar 2013

I would like to clarify the government's stance regarding public access to private sports clubs and other facilities on sites that are operated under private recreational leases.

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Secret of former chief secretary Henry Tang's wine cellar remains bottled up

17 Mar 2013

A wine expert given a rare glimpse inside former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen's wine cellar is remaining tight-lipped about its location.

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How to prosecute the Tang illegal basement case?

14 Mar 2013

We've been brooding over the charges that Henry Tang Ying-yen's wife, Lisa Kuo Yu-chin, is due to face in respect of the illegal basement. She has been charged in connection with building works...

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Henry Tang promises to support wife in court over illegal basement

1 Mar 2013

Failed chief executive candidate and former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen promised on Friday to accompany his wife to court on March 13 when she faces a charge of having an illegal basement...

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Swamped New Territories villages welcome all inspectors

20 Feb 2013

Like most residents of the New Territories, I welcome the government's initiative to set up a new department to investigate what has become known in the media as unauthorised structures. New...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Digging deep for some illegal space

Is the illegal giant basement found under the home of former chief executive candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen and his wife in Kowloon Tong an exception, the result of the couple's greed for space...

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Henry Tang's wife charged over illegal basement

A Buildings Department spokesman confirmed yesterday that the probe into the 2,250 sq ft basement at the house at 7 York Road, Kowloon Tong, had been completed and a summons issued on February 9...

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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s maiden policy address failed to boost his popularity rating, as it plunged to a new low in the latest Chinese University poll.

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MY TAKE

Small-house moves worthy of Machiavelli

Perhaps town and country just don't get along. This may be why urbanites like yours truly are always picking on the Heung Yee Kuk, the powerful rural body that represents indigenous villagers in...

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POLITICS

Chief Executive CY Leung challenged to lie detector test on illegal structures

Lew Mon-hung turned his back on the man he once supported as the city's leader in an interview with iSun Affairs magazine published last week.

1:28PM

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CPPCC delegate accuses CE of lying over illegal structures

Ties turn sour for Leung Chun-ying and his former staunch supporter, Lew Mon-hung, who has now spoken out against the chief executive, accusing him of lying and breaking his promises.

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