Election ’19: Fung Siu Yin, reform candidate
Fung Siu Yin is the challenger in Sunday’s district council poll and a part of a new face in local politics. Standing for the Lantau seat, she is pro-democratic, green [...]
Local Politics
Explainer: Island District Council election 2019
If Hong Kong leaders were trying to avoid controversy ahead of the District Council election, banning Joshua Wong was maybe not the way to go about it. The exclusion of the [...]
New Islands team to challenge for district council seats
A new team has formed to compete for Islands District Council seats at the coming November 24 election. The environmentally-friendly grouping, Islands Connection [...]
Randy Yu calls for double-decker bus review in wake of Tai Po crash
District Council vice chair Randy Yu has called on the Transport Department to review the safety of double-decker buses on Lantau roads before they are introduced later this [...]
Amy Yung demands answers on lack of consultation over council expansion
Islands District Councillor Amy Yung has called on council chairman Chow Yuk-tong and the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau to explain why the council will not add [...]
Protestors dump Lantau waste at Govt House, warn of further action
Demonstrators dumped construction waste outside Carrie Lam’s residence today to protest landfilling and wetland destruction, with Legco member Eddie Chu warning of [...]
Tung Chung’s new public market won’t open until at least 2023
The government has rebuffed requests from district councillors to build a public market in central Tung Chung. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) official have [...]
Police weigh more N. Lantau Highway patrols, but no cut in speed limit
Police say they will consider more frequent and more aggressive patrols on North Lantau freeway, but there are no plans lower the speed limit. Police and Transport Department [...]
Police arrest woman over District Councillor office fires
Lantau police have arrested a 40-year-old woman over suspected arson of the Tung Chung office of Islands District Councillor Bill Tang Ka-piu. Tang’s Yat Tung office [...]
(Photo) Rural committee celebrates holiday with military theme
Mui Wo Rural Committee has erected this military-themed billboard to celebrate the October 1 holiday. It announces an evening’s entertainment, though it doesn’t [...]