Michael Tien

Proposed MTR fare hike may be halved, says Michael Tien

27 Mar 2013

The government aims to cut the MTR's proposed 3.2 per cent fare increase by half, according to a lawmaker briefed on the negotiations between the two sides on new tariffs.

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Going upmarket

2 Feb 2012

Think tanks have been sweating out ideas to fight poverty. But, so far, they have come up dry. It never occurred to them to look to wet markets as a solution to poverty or even wealth creation....

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Safety off the rails

16 Jan 2012

Three months overdue, the commission investigating the Wenzhou high-speed train crash finally released its findings. Although delayed, the report has delivered a measure of justice - yet it still...

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Bid to safeguard journalists' rights

8 Mar 2010

Thirty-three local deputies to the National People's Congress have issued a joint call, urging the mainland authorities to better treat Hong Kong journalists.

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Talking Points

3 Jul 2009

TV stations are my English teachers and my Chinese teacher is Jin Yong (famed martial arts novelist Louis Cha Liangyong). My Chinese was not learned from textbooks, but from Jin Yong's 'The...

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Mailbag

29 May 2009

Don't derail mother-tongue policy reform with delaying tactics

We refer to your May 19 report on medium of instruction headlined 'Head of education panel urges rethink'.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Lau Chin-shek to seek re-election

Veteran lawmaker Lau Chin-shek has decided to seek re-election to accomplish his long-time mission of encouraging dialogue between Beijing and the pan-democratic camp.

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Rita Lau backs away from remarks

The new chief of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan, said yesterday she hoped to build good communications with the business sector after the row over her...

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Election Briefs

Priscilla Leung in plea to voters on two fronts

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Trust fund proposed for Bruce Lee museum

A trust fund chaired by the Commissioner for Tourism should take over the ownership and management of Bruce Lee's residence and future memorial museum complex, its owner proposed yesterday.

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Election hopefuls walk fine line with adverts in publicity war

Two election hopefuls in Kowloon West are pumping money into a publicity war ahead of the Legislative Council ballot in September, raising concerns about whether such costs will be counted as...

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Michael Tien tests the waters in Kowloon West for Legco run

Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation chairman Michael Tien Puk-sun, who confirmed last week he had been accepted as a Liberal Party member, took to the streets of Kowloon West yesterday.

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