https://www.scmp.com/rss/326728/feed Stuart Hargreaves is a professor in the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong was characterised during the colonial period by what linguists call diglossia – the presence of two different languages, demarcated by function. Cantonese was the “low” language – the language of the street, of family, of everyday life. English was the “high”’ language – the language of the government, of law, of power. It was not until the adoption of the Official Languages Ordinance in 1974 that Chinese was declared an official language alongside English, and that the two were to be... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192438/patriotic-hong-kong-why-are-most-top-courts-judgments-only?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192438/patriotic-hong-kong-why-are-most-top-courts-judgments-only?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:15:16 +0000 Let me put my cards on the table: I have been vaccinated and you should be too. It’s free, it’s easy, the side effects are minimal, and either of the vaccines available will protect you from the most severe consequences of Covid-19. Yet, the take-up rate has been woeful in Hong Kong, with less than 5 per cent of us fully vaccinated so far. No wonder the government is seeking to encourage more people to do the right thing – our lives will not really return to anything approaching normality until... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129511/danger-hong-kongs-divisive-vaccination-bubble-more-inequality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129511/danger-hong-kongs-divisive-vaccination-bubble-more-inequality?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:15:04 +0000 The extradition bill protests in Hong Kong have provided no shortage of remarkable visuals that will remain etched in our collective memory. Less visibly, but no less importantly, the conflict that has roiled the city is also playing out in the digital realm. Protesters made judicious use of encrypted messaging apps to communicate not only with one another, but also with the media. They also used local peer-to-peer communication technology such as Apple’s Airdrop to anonymously send messages and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3017769/hong-kongs-laws-need-evolve-protests-enter-digital-realm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3017769/hong-kongs-laws-need-evolve-protests-enter-digital-realm?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:30:05 +0000 On October 24, Cathay Pacific revealed that it had suffered a computer security breach, exposing 9.4 million passenger records. Although the information varied from customer to customer, the breach apparently involved names, dates of birth, addresses, passport information, identity card numbers, expired credit card numbers, travel histories and customer service records. Perhaps more staggering than the scope of the incident is the fact that it took place in March, more than six months ago. Even... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2170299/fact-cathay-pacific-does-not-have-notify-anyone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2170299/fact-cathay-pacific-does-not-have-notify-anyone?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000 You may have first read about the Cambridge Analytica story on Facebook itself. A friend may have posted it. A news provider you follow may have shared it using their Facebook plug-in. It may have appeared in your news feed because your co-worker’s cousin posted it and then your co-worker “liked” it. It could have come to your attention in any number of ways. If you “liked” it or commented on it, then the news would further spread in the same way to your friends. If you did, that would be... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2138358/remember-services-facebook-are-free-because-youre-product?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2138358/remember-services-facebook-are-free-because-youre-product?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:45:15 +0000