Hong Kong should remain vigilant over “complex and severe” external and internal national security threats it still faces, while also leveraging its unique strengths to boost connectivity with the world and integrate with the country, a senior Beijing official has said. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, on Saturday laid…
Hong Kong’s top judge has called for newly minted senior counsels to defend the rule of law when it is under threat and ensure “unimpeded” access to the city’s courts for every individual to safeguard public trust in the legal system. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, who spoke separately at the senior counsel admission…
I have just returned from the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) conference in Malta, which was my first overseas trip since assuming the chairmanship of the Hong Kong Bar Association. The CLA, which is governed by a council drawn from some of the most senior legal professionals in the Commonwealth, was one of many that spoke…
And then there were five. The pool of eminent foreign judges sitting on Hong Kong’s top court, once of Olympic proportions, continues to evaporate. It is now little more than a puddle. The latest judge to depart is Robert French, the former chief justice of Australia’s High Court. His resignation is a blow to the…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
Hong Kong’s security minister has hit out at a British news outlet for “smearing remarks” made in an article about the top court’s rejection of an appeal by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying over the hiring of a foreign lawyer. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Sunday wrote to The Guardian to defend…
A Hong Kong government spokesperson has warned external parties not to intervene in the ongoing trial of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, a day after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said getting the former media tycoon out of prison was a “priority”. The spokesperson said on Thursday evening that any countries, organisations or people trying to…
The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned some US senators for smearing the city’s national security laws after they submitted a resolution accusing Beijing of destroying the financial hub’s autonomy and credibility as an international business centre. Authorities on Thursday night called the resolution put forward by Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, chairman and ranking…
Two high-profile Chinese newspapers linked to the Communist Party published editorials on Thursday voicing support for the private sector and advocating the creation of a favourable business environment to drive the growth of private enterprises. Ahead of the “two sessions” – the annual meetings of the country’s legislature and top advisory body – beginning in…