double-skinned crabsVietnamese crab exporter
Advertisement
Advertisement
Opinion /

Hong Kong Opinion

Illustration: Mario Rivera
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Opinion | Hong Kong must show real remorse for the Tai Po fire tragedy

A bow and a resignation are not enough. The government must deliver long-overdue reforms, support survivors and take genuine responsibility.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can turn 30,000 youth placements into lasting careers

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Why retail revival alone won’t keep Hong Kong’s malls alive

Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Long delays for Hong Kong court cases demand urgent action

The city’s drive to become a leading international centre for legal services depends on justice neither being denied nor delayed.

The High Court in Admiralty, seen on September 21. As of July this year, criminal cases had waited an average of 358 days to be heard in the High Court. Photo: Nora Tam
The High Court in Admiralty, seen on September 21. As of July this year, criminal cases had waited an average of 358 days to be heard in the High Court. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | The Apec moment Hong Kong needs to seize

Hong Kong’s future value might lie less in its connectivity alone than in making different institutional systems work together.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Opinion | Why reforms alone won’t prevent a repeat of Tai Po fire

Systemic failures and human lapses both led to the preventable tragedy. More robust safeguards aside, individuals whose mistakes cost lives must also face consequences.

4
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s art trading hub ambition rests on more than headline sales

The challenge is to develop lasting capabilities in the art trade, from local expertise to businesses, and to measure their development.

Illustration: Huy Truong
Illustration: Huy Truong
Hong Kong housing

Opinion | Hongkongers need more than 4 walls and a roof to make a home

When people stop worrying about stability and feel they belong, they go beyond being recipients of services to become part of the community.

France

Opinion | France’s protests, like Hong Kong’s in 2019, risk being defined by violence

It important not to let those seeking only confrontation take over the argument. A cycle of violence makes underlying pressures far harder to resolve.

36
Chinese culture

Opinion | What China’s best new cultural spaces have in common: the light touch

The cultural venues emerging in China today are quieter, lighter and more deeply rooted than those of recent decades.

Tang Ancestral Hall in Ping Shan, Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Opinion | Deliver accountability for Tai Po fire tragedy or admit system is broken

Findings that result in blame for the private sector and low-level civil servants while leaving ministers untouched will not cut the ice with the public.

9
Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po is seen on October 15. A fire on November 26, 2025, engulfed seven of the estate’s eight buildings, killing 168 people and displacing nearly 5,000 residents, making it the city’s worst inferno since 1948. Photo: Dickson Lee
Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po is seen on October 15. A fire on November 26, 2025, engulfed seven of the estate’s eight buildings, killing 168 people and displacing nearly 5,000 residents, making it the city’s worst inferno since 1948. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong tourism

Opinion | Halloween is everywhere in Hong Kong. Nothing wrong with that

Some aren’t thrilled that Hong Kong is becoming the Spooky Administrative Region, but there is no reason not to join a multibillion-dollar trend.

21
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | A 5-year plan can’t make Hong Kong’s market. It can fix the plumbing

Rather than chase new instruments, the city is refining the ecosystem that powers them – upgrading infrastructure, securing liquidity, and drawing in capital.

Universities in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s pursuit of top university rankings comes at a cost

Becoming too focused on short-term indicators risks encouraging behaviours that weaken the deeper foundations of scholarship and education.

Illustration: Mario Rivera
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Peak lighting outcry spotlights the trouble with fast-track governance

The backlash over the Hong Kong tourism project should raise a red flag where it concerns consulting stakeholders in policymaking.

8
People walk by lights installed on the trees along Lugard Road, The Peak, on October 20. Photo: Sam Tsang
People walk by lights installed on the trees along Lugard Road, The Peak, on October 20. Photo: Sam Tsang
Protests around the world

My Take | The West’s double standard on global unrest

Ideology, strategic interests and cultural ignorance explain why protests in Hong Kong and beyond are viewed through a selective lens.

82
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong needs a civil service fit for a changed world

Beyond administrative expertise, civil servants must now master technology, cross-departmental cooperation and strategic flexibility.

5
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Why Hong Kong should rethink premiums for private recreation clubs

Government restrictions remove all commercial value from private recreation leases, so making clubs pay high premiums is a heavy and undue burden.

6
The Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, Sheung Shui. A large number of private recreational clubs in Hong Kong face expiring leases next year. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
The Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, Sheung Shui. A large number of private recreational clubs in Hong Kong face expiring leases next year. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can go from passive trade hub to regional control tower

Hong Kong’s challenge is to reposition itself as a regional supply-chain management hub linking diverse Asian production networks with Western markets.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong port needs a new lease of life in value-driven era

As the city pivots towards maritime services, there are fundamental questions about the strategic purpose of its physical port.

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | An AI apocalypse? Hong Kong’s real challenge is much less dramatic

The focus should be on preventing the gradual transfer of judgment to systems whose answers are easier to accept than challenge.

An AI robot at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on October 13. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Opinion | Tai Po fire: public accountability needed to honour those who died

If the government suppresses the independent committee’s findings on the fire over privacy concerns, it will convince no one of its commitment to accountability.

12
Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po is seen on October 15. A fire on November 26, 2025, engulfed seven of the estate’s eight buildings, killing 168 people and displacing nearly 5,000 residents, making it the city’s worst inferno since 1948. Photo: Dickson Lee
Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po is seen on October 15. A fire on November 26, 2025, engulfed seven of the estate’s eight buildings, killing 168 people and displacing nearly 5,000 residents, making it the city’s worst inferno since 1948. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Opinion | How language shapes Hong Kong couples’ decision to have children

Hong Kong’s fertility woes are not just about affordability. They might also involve language use and how it shapes our views of the future.

4
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Beyond baby bonuses: Hong Kong needs to attract couples with liveability

Tokyo’s struggle to hold on to young adults looking to start families should inform Hong Kong’s efforts to boost the city’s birth rate.

7
Hong Kong society

Opinion | In Hong Kong, accountability must be more than a slogan

The Anderson Road, One Stanley and Queen Mary Hospital cases suggest that the city remains better at talking about accountability than ensuring it.

13
The construction site of CK Asset’s Anderson Road project in Kwun Tong, which consists of six residential towers providing 2,926 flats, including about 1,000 starter homes. Three of the six blocks will be demolished and rebuilt due to problems with steel reinforcement. Photo: Dickson Lee
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW