Ronny Tong Ka-Wah

18 Feb 2013

Upholding the rule of law and judicial independence for Hong Kong are the minimum duties that a Bar chairman should be committed to.

1:55AM

With barristers' wigs, the more sullied, the better

15 Jan 2013

Ronny Tong Ka-wah wears a second-hand wig in court that he bought four decades ago in Britain for a mere £8.

And he has not cleaned the delicate piece since buying it, fearing it may not...

4:04AM

3 comments

More time sought to review MTR fare hike

30 Oct 2012

Lawmakers have urged the government to give them more time – until the end of the year – for their public consultation on how the MTR calculates its fare increases.

2:18PM

Who said it?

8 Jun 2012

It is not Legco's job to regulate the banks. Our job is to regulate the government

Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah

No one knew who I was. It was pretty good to...

5:01PM

Barrister prepares to fill veteran's shoes

7 Jun 2012

A young barrister is preparing to fill the shoes of veteran legal sector lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee.

4:54PM

Rift between Ronny Tong and party widens

26 Apr 2012

The rift between Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah and the party he co-founded is widening with his displeasure over its handling of amendments to the copyright ordinance.

1:32PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

New stamp duty won't help, say legislators

Legislators approved last year's decision to impose special stamp duty on quick resales of flats, but said it would not bring down the sky-high property prices. The only way to do that was to...

1:06PM

Lawmakers seek review of 'inadequate' MPF scheme

Lawmakers yesterday passed a non-binding motion calling for a comprehensive review of the Mandatory Provident Fund on the fund's 10th anniversary.

Many criticised the fund as...

2:19PM

Doubt cast on HOS effect on prices

Acting housing minister Yau Shing-mu said yesterday it was debatable whether to resume the Home Ownership Scheme because of soaring home prices, as the sale of subsidised flats did not always help...

6:41AM

New World chief in bid to skip Court of Appeal

New World China Land chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun has told legislators that he wishes to take a legal challenge to select committees' summoning powers straight to the Court of Final Appeal.

...

8:13AM

Corrections & clarifications

In the story 'Pan-democrats fail to reach deal on reform' published on Page A2 on Wednesday, Ronny Tong Ka-wah of the Civic Party should have been quoted as saying he would now focus his...

8:06PM

A barrister should know that competition picks its own winners

'Competition in Hong Kong is clearly broken. It won't be fixed until we write the rules, pick the winners and losers, and enforce the chosen outcomes. This is the only way a modern economy can...

1:31PM