Issue: July 09, 2012   (Archive)
Thursday, May 23, 2013   

Fok raises free-TV squabble with IOC
Hong Kong's top sports official has written to the International Olympic Committee to raise his concerns after a deal to air the London Games on a free channel apparently fell apart.



Ip throws hat in ring
New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has announced she will run for the geographical constituency seat on Hong Kong Island as political parties gear up for the Legislative Council election in September.

'Backtrack' on mainland buyers
Plans to bar mainlanders from buying properties earmarked for Hongkongers have been put on the backburner in a move that will worsen an "integrity crisis" over the eight-day-old government of Leung Chun-ying.

Leung clears air on Lam
Leung Chun-ying has finally broken his silence on the Lam Woon-kwong controversy.

Chief ducks tricky 'lucky draw' questions
The system for how questions are selected for Leung Chun-ying's answers at forums has been changed - but not the result.

Mobbed again
For a second time in less than seven days Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has had to be escorted from a forum amid a squad of police officers.



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