https://www.scmp.com/rss/325763/feed Rachel Cartland is director of Cartland Consulting and a former assistant director of Social Welfare in the Hong Kong government. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Even the most resilient person would admit the last year in Hong Kong has been challenging. At the height of the protest unrest, travel and transport were so disrupted that the city’s everyday life was more or less impossible. Those days are behind us, we hope. Even if the buildings and other facilities have been repaired, though, there is much more to be done in making society whole again. How are such divisions healed? A moment’s thought shows that dividing Hong Kong into Blueland and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3094519/how-hong-kong-divided-protests-can-unite-yellowland-and-blueland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3094519/how-hong-kong-divided-protests-can-unite-yellowland-and-blueland?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jul 2020 22:00:13 +0000 Nine leaders of Hong Kong’s Occupy movement were recently convicted of various crimes and the “usual suspects” from around the world came out with accusations of injustice, political manipulation and so on. So quick off the mark were they with their comments that they cannot have read the judgment, although it was available online. If they had done so and were looking at the situation objectively, they would surely have revised their opinion. For the judge took almost 300 pages to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3007251/hong-kong-occupy-leaders-should-be-sentenced-leniently-so?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3007251/hong-kong-occupy-leaders-should-be-sentenced-leniently-so?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:00:12 +0000 In the years since reunification, Hong Kong has disproved the gloomy prophecies and remained stable and prosperous, despite some social problems. On the other hand, there have also been misfortunes and mischances. Of the past two decades, 2003 was undoubtedly Hong Kong’s most trying and momentous year. The early months were dominated by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome: a disease of unknown origin that killed almost 300, paralysed the economy, and made Hong Kong, for a time, an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2162654/enacting-article-23-national-security-laws-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2162654/enacting-article-23-national-security-laws-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:00:15 +0000 Ever since Hong Kong won the right to host the “Gay Olympics” in 2022, the atmosphere has been marred by the apparent coolness of the government. This seems odd, since the government has policies to encourage the hosting of more mega events, especially ones that will attract international audiences and tourism. It is also keen to see Hong Kong people take a greater interest in sports, for both leisure enjoyment and better health. Therefore, and understandably, people have concluded that the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119639/hong-kongs-core-values-can-shine-gay-games-2022?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2119639/hong-kongs-core-values-can-shine-gay-games-2022?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:45:30 +0000