As Hong Kong prides itself for having a solid foundation for the rule of law, not least the constitutional safeguard that “all Hong Kong residents should be equal before the law” as enshrined in Article 25 of the Basic Law, kudos must go to our internationally acclaimed legal-aid system, under which no one is denied […]
TOKYO, Dec 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (MHIENG), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order for compact CO2 capture system from Taihei Dengyo Kaisha, Ltd., a provider of plant construction, maintenance and auxiliary services, for incorporation into a biomass power plant. […]
Kenneth Li says revamped electoral system has strengthened HK's ability to progress toward a brighter future. With all but one aspirant who signed up to run in next month’s Legislative Council election having been cleared to stand as candidates, the public are now in a better position to preview the election scheduled on Dec 19. […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 20, 2021, people sit outside a bank as they wait to withdraw money in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (JAVED TANVEER / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Monday pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks, warning that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower […]
Since 2015, I have written several articles for this column expressing my concerns over the blatant abuse of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government’s legal aid and judicial review system and called for their review. The latest piece, “Audit Commission should check on legal aid abuses to put end to them”, was published on […]
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a vaccination campaign in the old quarters of Kabul on Nov 8, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across Afghanistan over the past month, bypassing the Taliban-run […]
Ho Lok-sang says the “Negative List” system that the Chinese mainland has implemented in its free trade ports is an excellent approach to invigorating the upcoming elections. I had edited a volume titled Public Governance in Asia and the Limits of Electoral Democracy with my former colleague Brian Bridges. It was published in 2010 by Edward […]
Editor’s note: This is the last of a four-part series on the far-reaching significance of the National Security Law for Hong Kong and the special administrative region’s electoral reforms. The four commentaries will be included in the upcoming new edition of the author’s 16-article book on the “one country, two systems” principle, which was first […]
Editor's note: The ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, could prompt countries to make concerted efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. How will the countries ramp up renewable energy generation and strengthen the natural systems to tackle climate change? Five experts share their views on the issue with China […]
Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Oct 23, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Brawijaya University (UB) has developed an internet of things (IoT)-based system for melon cultivation, currently being implemented at the Agro Techno Park in Malang, East Java. Eka Maulana, a lecturer from the university’s Faculty of Engineering, said the “drip irrigation system” is […]
TOKYO, Oct 20, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has successfully separated and captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from the exhaust gas emitted from the engines of a ship equipped with a small-scale CO2 capture demonstration plant, as part of the “Carbon Capture […]
Scarlett Pong Oi-lan says the SAR’s upgraded Election Committee is like a silver lining at a time of darkness Voters line up at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai to cast their ballots in the 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections on Sept 19, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY) After […]
TOKYO, Oct 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will use an evolved version of Super-All Wheel Control (S-AWC)* system in its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of the all-new Outlander crossover SUV, which is scheduled for launch in Japan this fiscal year. The new S-AWC integrated vehicle dynamics control system […]
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s revamped electoral system can be a perfect case study for anyone interested in public administration and democratic systems. In the last decade, the SAR’s Legislative Council was basically dysfunctional. Filibustering was the order of the day, blocking all the good intentions of the SAR government across a wide range […]
British Virgin Islands, Sep 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Web23 Inc., a USA company and NexBLOC, a British Virgin Islands company, are partnering to develop a blockchain based naming system that runs natively on the Cardano blockchain platform. The initiative continues the move of the Butterfly Protocol onto numerous blockchains to ensure […]
An agricultural drone sprays pesticides on a grain field in a village of Chouzhou, Sichuan province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Food systems－the "ensemble" of all dimensions and processes related to food: production, harvesting, processing, transportation and consumption－are facing enormous challenges today. An estimated 700-800 million people faced hunger in 2020, and about 3 billion […]
Voters line up at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wan Chai to cast their ballots in the 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections on Sept 19, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY) The Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections in Hong Kong on Sunday were the first to be held after the electoral […]
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region elected on Sunday its new Election Committee in the first election held under the improved electoral system. Next, on Dec 19, will be the next Legislative Council election, followed by the chief executive election on March 27. The three crucial elections demonstrate the fundamental characteristics of the new electoral […]
Editor’s note: This is Part 5 of a series on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s new elections. Sunday’s Election Committee elections, the first elections under the improved electoral system after the National People’s Congress Standing Committee enacted the National Security Law for Hong Kong last year and decided to improve the Hong Kong Special […]
A giant poster that reads "Improving electoral system, ensuring patriots administering Hong Kong" is mounted on the fence of a basketball court on Maple Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, March 31 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY) Sunday’s Election Committee vote, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s first election under the revamped electoral system, […]