Michael Rowse

You can't hurry love ... or pride in country and people

6 Aug 2012

Pink Floyd were wrong when they sang 'We don't need no education', and not just because of their poor grammar. We should all be educated in the history of our own countries. But they were right...

11:03PM

Judge recounts 21 years with cheer

29 Jun 2012

The colourful and liberal Mr Justice Michael Hartmann marked his retirement with a hint of humour in his farewell sitting yesterday as the courtroom overflowed with well-wishers.

6:49PM

Village revamps could put the squeeze on small-house policy

25 Jun 2012

There is something about the subject of small houses that drives otherwise sane people into a form of madness.

6:33PM

Leung should know the top job is no 100-metre dash

11 Jun 2012

The freshly launched vessel carrying Leung Chun-ying's policy agenda for the next five years is in danger of being sunk by a perfect storm, almost before it has left the harbour.

5:18PM

Moving HQ to HK always a good idea

28 May 2012

When a Japanese company did it in 1989, polite people described the chairman as 'eccentric'.

When a Korean and a Dutch company did the same thing 10 years ago, the Hong Kong media...

4:01PM

Time to draw the line under a politically biased civil service

14 May 2012

All attention at the moment is focused on the proposal by the chief executive-elect, Leung Chun-ying, to spend HK$72million per year to provide for four new minister-level posts and their support...

2:55PM

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

A five-point plan to a better city and second term at top

There's still 2 1/2 months to go before he takes office but already chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying finds himself knee-deep in demands from all sides for action on a thousand fronts.

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12:43PM

More election bombshells to come? Don't bet against it

In 1924, in Britain, it was a letter allegedly from a Russian leader to the Communist Party of Britain shortly before a general election.

10:36AM

Wealth, wealth everywhere and not enough to live on

A long-forgotten British trade unionist once made a remark that has stayed with me for over half a century: 'Five per cent unemployment doesn't mean that each of us is 5 per cent unemployed: it...

4:58AM

Orchestrated vote-rigging should worry Hong Kong

There used to be a very popular expression in Ireland at election time that accurately described the shenanigans which went on: 'Vote early, vote often.' Similar stories and jokes were made in...

3:10AM

Over-the-top travel alert puts the system's credibility at risk

It is long past time that the Hong Kong government lifted its black travel advisory in respect of the Philippines. If that bold step in turn induces President Benigno Aquino to finally issue an...

6:42PM

Reason has been cast out in the debate over maids' rights

None of the players in the 'right of abode for domestic helpers' drama has acquitted themselves well so far, and some have been downright dangerous. It is a time for sober reflection rather than...

4:38PM