https://www.scmp.com/rss/318315/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In his many meetings with mainland Chinese officials, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying seeks to promote mutual understanding among young people from both places and cooperative projects between Hong Kong and Guangdong, saying “Guangdong province is Hong Kong’s closest partner in social and economic cooperation”. But Hong Kong needs to do a better job in doing what it can to work with the Shenzhen authorities on judicial reform, because some of those reforms affect significant numbers of Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2020640/hong-kong-must-become-involved-plea-bargaining-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2020640/hong-kong-must-become-involved-plea-bargaining-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:15:15 +0000 WeChat has become an extremely popular way for people in the mainland to communicate, and people (and companies) in Hong Kong use it to reach out to mainland friends and the mainland market. A small reminder to those whose names are registered with WeChat: there have been a number of reported criminal cases in which heads of WeChat groups have been prosecuted, although none so far involve people from Hong Kong or people posting on WeChat from Hong Kong. Setting aside the complicated questions of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1904888/what-you-should-know-about-heading-wechat-group?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1904888/what-you-should-know-about-heading-wechat-group?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:06:44 +0000 The tragedy of an injured and malnourished seven-year-old girl from a cross-border family dramatically highlights why Hong Kong needs to express its views on a draft anti-domestic violence law issued by the National People's Congress Standing Committee last month for public comments. Hong Kong is affected by such legislation because many of the domestic violence cases that occur in the city are found in cross-border families. According to a study in Shenzhen, 55 per cent of Shenzhen families... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1866655/why-hong-kong-must-point-out-failings-mainlands-draft-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1866655/why-hong-kong-must-point-out-failings-mainlands-draft-law?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:38:33 +0000 In late July, former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa told an audience in Singapore: "If I'm 25 years old, I'll go to China." But he admitted he couldn't understand what young people want in life. Tung might be interested to know that the rule of law, according to a Chinese University study conducted on behalf of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre earlier this year, is important to many young people considering working on the mainland, with 22 per cent saying they lacked confidence in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1856114/hong-kong-people-should-study-shenzhen-better-understand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1856114/hong-kong-people-should-study-shenzhen-better-understand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong businesses are increasingly finding themselves doing business with mainland companies and individuals and finding themselves required to "know their mainland customers" via a quick background check. Although overall transparency on the mainland remains limited, it has improved since the State Council adopted Regulations on Open Government Information (OGI), and particularly since the Communist Party Central Committee held its third and fourth plenums. The mainland government is making... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1802535/conducting-due-diligence-getting-easier-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1802535/conducting-due-diligence-getting-easier-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 May 2015 18:45:26 +0000 To solve the many specific cross-border legal issues affecting the people of Hong Kong and the rule of law in  the special administrative region, an independent and non-partisan advisory committee on cross-boundary legal issues should be established. The committee, which ideally would draw its membership from current or retired senior members of the legal profession,  would provide policy guidance to a working group drawn from the legal community. The idea would be to draw together people... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1739166/hong-kong-needs-advisory-committee-examine-complex-cross-border-legal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1739166/hong-kong-needs-advisory-committee-examine-complex-cross-border-legal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:57:31 +0000