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SCMP Columnist
My Take by Alex Lo
No democracy? Try welfare state
- Democracy and free enterprise have become the twin sources of instability and civil strife in Hong Kong, whose only humane alternative is to become a generous welfare state
Updated: 10:29pm, 15 Dec, 2019
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Alex Lo has been a Post columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China. A journalist for 25 years, he has worked for various publications in Hong Kong and Toronto as a news reporter and editor. He has also lectured in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.