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From his role as security chief during the 2019 protests and unrest, to his promotion to the city’s No. 2 position, ex-police officer John Lee finally rose to the top, becoming chief executive on July 1, 2022.

LATEST NEWS & VIEWS

Hong Kong Bar Association urges against blanket ban on overseas lawyers in national security law cases

“In so far as public perception is concerned, we believe that it will be conducive to the administration of justice and the rule of law,” Victor Dawes, who was re-elected as chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association on Thursday, said.

by Peter Lee 5 hours ago12:04, 20 January 2023

Hong Kong to stop isolating Covid-19 patients from January 30

The decision was made after considering a number of factors, including a “sturdy” level of hybrid immunity in society, as well as the lowered risk imposed to public health by the virus, said Chief Executive John Lee.

by Candice Chau 10:52, 19 January 202312:52, 19 January 2023

Chief Exec. John Lee says Hong Kong aims to drop all Covid curbs this year

Hong Kong’s leader said he hoped “every problem will be solved” relating to the pandemic during the first quarter of 2023, though he gave no specific timetable on the compulsory mask order.

by Tom Grundy 08:00, 18 January 202310:01, 19 January 2023

Hong Kong’s John Lee says some are using journalism as cover to ‘launder money,’ pursue political objectives

by Peter Lee 17:00, 17 January 202318:54, 17 January 2023

Hong Kong Bar Assoc. chief urges use of legal power with ‘caution’ following Beijing interpretation

by Peter Lee 18:15, 16 January 202318:40, 16 January 2023

Beijing appoints national security hardliner Zheng Yanxiong to head Hong Kong office

by AFP 06:00, 15 January 202310:42, 15 January 2023

Over 900 Hong Kong civil servants quit in 3 months in 2022, gov’t document reveals

18:30, 13 January 202318:54, 13 January 2023

UK says ‘no doubt’ China failing to comply with Handover deal, as Hong Kong slams ‘interference’

12:23, 13 January 202316:26, 13 January 2023

Hong Kong should change law to bar overseas lawyers from security trials, says national security committee

12:22, 12 January 202312:24, 12 January 2023

Hong Kong NGO ‘extremely disappointed’ with proposed HK$2.50 increase to minimum wage

15:00, 11 January 202319:58, 11 January 2023

Children under 3 must take Covid test to enter mainland China, Hong Kong says

12:06, 10 January 202312:06, 10 January 2023

Beijing’s ruling on foreign lawyers: Interpretation will help bolster Hong Kong’s national security

13:30, 8 January 202313:53, 8 January 2023

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

Politics vs. science: Why Hong Kong has to tell good stories of Covid

After three years of Covid restrictions, the much-anticipated reopening has come. But it seems to have come out of the blue. Without groundwork laid and roadmaps set out, an overnight policy change looks rash. When science changed with the emergence of Omicron, a less deadly but more contagious variant, the world adapted, but Hong Kong…

11:00, 7 January 202311:57, 6 January 2023

World won’t look kindly on Hong Kong’s new demonstration of rule of law

The people I feel sorry for, reading this week’s newspapers, are those Law Society worthies who recently returned from a trip abroad in which they reassured overseas colleagues that the rule of law was alive and well in Hong Kong. Scarcely had the poor legal lambs returned than the Hong Kong government produced a new…

10:00, 3 December 202220:27, 1 December 2022

FEATURES

Explainer: Beijing’s first interpretation of Hong Kong’s national security law

Beijing’s first interpretation of the national security law confirmed that authority over whether foreign lawyers could be hired for national security cases lay with the chief executive and a powerful committee. Here’s how we got here, and what it might mean for future trials.

by Candice Chau 13:03, 8 January 202314:25, 8 January 2023

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 30

New security law guidelines for teachers, a legal decision from Beijing empowering Hong Kong to bar foreign lawyers from security law trials, and VPNs disappear from Apple’s app store.

by Hong Kong Free Press 16:57, 4 January 202316:57, 4 January 2023

Covid-19: Hong Kong October arrivals down 97% compared to pre-pandemic 2019 data

On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s John Lee said the city was “full of life” since the hotel quarantine requirement was dropped.

by Tom Grundy 09:00, 2 November 202217:40, 1 November 2022

Hong Kong Policy Address: How much of John Lee’s maiden speech was old wine in new bottles?

Chief Executive John Lee might not have mentioned Lantau Tomorrow Vision, a mega development project announced by his predecessor Carrie Lam, but it lives on in his Policy Address – as do many preexisting plans.

by Candice Chau 12:36, 23 October 202212:36, 23 October 2022