Legco

Forget the rain; Legco tackles lack of water

23 May 2013

After a deluge that caused the second-longest black rainstorm warning on record, it was water shortages that were concerning legislators yesterday.

The bad news is harvesting Hong Kong's...

8:38AM

Filibuster in Hong Kong's legislative assembly divides lawmakers, public

21 May 2013

The use of delaying tactics by radical lawmakers in Legco in an attempt to block a budget bill has divided both politicians and the public.

9:20AM

Legco president Jasper Tsang orders end to budget bill filibuster

13 May 2013

The president of the Legislative Council on Monday ordered to end a filibuster on the budget bill by Tuesday.

1:34PM

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Legco approves HK$100m Sichuan quake donation

3 May 2013

The legislature approved a controversial HK$100 million government donation to official Sichuan earthquake relief efforts yesterday, despite earlier worries over a possible filibuster.

11:05AM

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Legco head calls meeting on budget filibustering

30 Apr 2013

Filibustering over the budget bill could soon come to an end after Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing holds a closed-door meeting with lawmakers on Friday.

3:53AM

With filibuster, lawmakers play politics at others' expense

27 Apr 2013

Radical lawmakers should stop their overdose of filibuster tactics, given that the harm they've done has already had a big impact on the government and people's livelihood.

3:31AM

Opinion

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?

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3:37AM

Lift pranks, filibusters all in a day's work at Legco

Two suspected pranks in the lifts of the legislature building yesterday almost added to a delay in budget debates, which are just starting to be dragged out by radical lawmakers' filibustering.

6:09AM

Charity groups' efficiency analysis in the spotlight as HK$100m donation proposal stalled

Plans by the government to make a HK$100 million donation to the Sichuan earthquake relief effort were on hold yesterday after a legislators' meeting on the proposal ended without a vote.

8:33AM

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University gains Legco support over land use

The government's bid to rezone a prime education site for housing encountered another hurdle yesterday when a Legislative Council panel objected to the plan. Legco's education panel has urged the...

4:24AM

MY TAKE

47: the magic number of yes votes to pass constitutional reform

Forty seven. Let me repeat this number again: 47. That is the minimum number of yes votes required in the Legislative Council to pass any constitutional reform plan that will give Hong Kong...

4:15AM

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POLITICS

Pan-democrats fail to win backing in Legco for inquiry into CY Leung

The pro-government camp has defeated a fresh attempt by the pan-democrats to launch an inquiry into unauthorised structures at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's home and his election campaign last...

5:39AM

SOCIAL SECURITY

Big turnout at Legco for welfare panel

Non-governmental organisations and other grass-roots bodies turned out in large numbers yesterday for a Legislative Council meeting to show their support for a universal pension plan. At the Legco...

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