Lau Siu-Kai

Pro-Beijing forum attacks advocacy of Hong Kong's special identity

30 May 2013

A recent outspoken defence of local culture was the result of a "psychological imbalance" among Hongkongers who felt powerless when faced with the mainland's economic growth, said speakers at a...

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Fears blockade plan may end in bloodshed

11 Apr 2013

An academic's plan to block the roads in Central demanding genuine universal suffrage may end in bloodshed, a former government adviser warned yesterday. Professor Lau Siu-kai, who used to head...

5:24AM

2017 chief executive poll isn't city's 'last battle for democracy'

9 Apr 2013

Former Central Policy Unit head Professor Lau Siu-kai said it would take some heat off the debate on universal suffrage if both sides viewed the city's political reform as a continuing process.

4:27AM

Public could be confused over Leung's policy committees

23 Jan 2013

Committees set up by Leung Chun-ying to study policy issues could cause confusion over whether top officials or committee members are calling the shots in the areas under scrutiny, the government'...

4:18AM

Former adviser critical of Tsang

19 Nov 2012

It may be the final nail in the coffin for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's tainted reputation, and it is particularly ironic that the man who holds the hammer is his former top adviser.

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System works - everyone gets to suffer

1 Nov 2012

So, "one country, two systems" is working after all. Why? Because it makes everyone unhappy: the government, Beijing and its political allies in Hong Kong, and the pan-democrats and their...

2:57AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Beijing failed HK administrations on patriotism, says ex-think tank chief

The administrations of Tung Chee-hwa and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen never fully responded to Beijing's call to groom "patriotic forces" in Hong Kong, a former top government adviser says.

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Leung Chun-ying too close to Beijing, ex-think tank chief Lau Siu-kai says

Leung Chun-ying's administration, already struggling with a combination of social and political conflicts, will face mounting tension with the public amid growing anti-mainland sentiment, the...

3:12AM

Public Eye

A cautious type, it's no exaggeration to say ...

11:56AM

Political Animal

Social Democrats roll out the rallying cries

Central Policy Unit chief Lau Siu-kai did his best to pour cold water on suggestions - raised by a Chinese University survey last week...

11:58AM

HK$80m pledge to boost public policy research at universities

The government plans to spend HK$80 million over the next four years to foster more public policy research at universities.

7:05PM

Principles and promises won't do