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Voice of Hong Kong Hong Kong’s English-language opinion page. Free and independent, quality and diversity. We are Hong Kong-based.

Formerly known as Express Hong Kong, ex.hk, Voice of Hong Kong is a free, independent English website. We position as Hong Kong’s Opinion Page. “One Hong Kong, many voices” is our motto. Our mission is to provide readers thought-provoking and insightful views and quality commentary on issues in the city, Taiwan, mainland China and other global issues of interest that they need to know – and why. O

ur founder editor is Chris Yeung, a veteran journalist who had worked with the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Economic Journal. He is also one of the founders and chief writer of CitizenNews.

With the exception of Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (2005-2012), Hong Kong’s three other former chief executives had plunged int...
18/12/2025

With the exception of Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (2005-2012), Hong Kong’s three other former chief executives had plunged into governance crises ignited by mass protests during their reign. John Lee, whose five-year term enters its last 18 months on January 1, is faced with a different kind of crisis, which is, in a sense, even more damaging. The Tai Po fire took away at least 160 lives.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/12/18/tai-po-fire-lays-bare-governance-conundrum/

In a half-step approach to heeding calls for an independent inquiry into the deadly blaze in Tai Po, Chief Executive Joh...
02/12/2025

In a half-step approach to heeding calls for an independent inquiry into the deadly blaze in Tai Po, Chief Executive John Lee announced on Tuesday the setting up of an independent committee to “conduct a comprehensive and in-depth review, to reform the building works system and prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.”
It is in the right direction, but may not go far enough to give more powers to the judge-led committee to find out the whole truth.

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“conduct a comprehensive and in-depth review, to reform the building works system and prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.”

It has become a new norm in Hong Kong that saw academic exchanges, book talks, exhibitions, banquets and events of simil...
28/11/2025

It has become a new norm in Hong Kong that saw academic exchanges, book talks, exhibitions, banquets and events of similar kinds being cancelled at the 11th hour or even after they had already begun because of “emergency repairs” at those premises.

The latest case in point is the cancellation of a photo exhibition organised by the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) at the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) four days after it was inaugurated on Tuesday (Nov 18).

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/11/28/news-photo-show-cancelled-due-to-venue-repairs/

Public housing estates, shopping malls, government offices and community buildings were the scenes of a sea of election ...
19/11/2025

Public housing estates, shopping malls, government offices and community buildings were the scenes of a sea of election posters and banners. Citizens have been facing a wave of publicity of the second “patriots-only” Hong Kong Legco election with no escape. The scale and intensity of which have been unprecedented.

You ain’t seen nothing yet.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/11/19/a-huge-government-gamble-in-legco-election/

"... the “in and out” fate of the pair (Regina Ip and Vivian Kong) (in the 2025 Legislative Council election) speaks vol...
12/11/2025

"... the “in and out” fate of the pair (Regina Ip and Vivian Kong) (in the 2025 Legislative Council election) speaks volumes of the profound and drastic changes in the city’s (Hong Kong's) political development. Their cases have raised a host of questions starting with “four Ws, one H”.

Who will be the “patriots” given a role in running Hong Kong”? Where do they come from? Why do they go to politics? How do they emerge? What are they expected to do in the legislature?

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/11/11/a-tale-of-two-women-in-hong-kong-election/

Every vote counts in an election. Election is election is election. One vote can make a huge difference in election resu...
05/11/2025

Every vote counts in an election. Election is election is election. One vote can make a huge difference in election results. And results are above everything, in particular to the candidates, their supporters and the interests they represent.

Seen from that perspective, the coming Legislative Council election is arguably quite different. Results of the balloting on December 7 are less significant than the electoral process, which is supposed to be fair and open.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/11/05/legco-election-process-more-surprises-not-results/

Speculation has been rife that invisible hands with powers and authority have been busy working behind the scenes to con...
24/10/2025

Speculation has been rife that invisible hands with powers and authority have been busy working behind the scenes to constitute a new Legislative Council in Hong Kong, giving hints to the incumbents of their future, if any, while hunting for more young and new faces.

A new phase of executive-legislature relationship will begin following the December 7 election.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/10/24/new-legco-not-just-a-change-of-faces/

"The possibility of more declaring their retirement before this article goes online cannot be ruled out."It has been pro...
16/10/2025

"The possibility of more declaring their retirement before this article goes online cannot be ruled out."
It has been proven correct - and also wrong. More have bowed out after this article went online on Monday - and more will come, including Regina Ip. It was not long ago they celebrated the completion of an expansion plan of their building. Now they were in a sharply different mood. A farewell party was cancelled.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/10/16/veteran-legislators-the-first-blood-as-fight-for-seats-begins/

Even before she took up the hot seat as the US consul general in Hong Kong, Julie Eadeh has been no stranger to controve...
08/10/2025

Even before she took up the hot seat as the US consul general in Hong Kong, Julie Eadeh has been no stranger to controversy – no thanks to her alleged role in the 2019 social unrest. Seeking to stay clear of controversies in her new role, she has kept her head low and mouth sealed after taking office in late August. It was proved to be futile.

Branded as a “subversion specialist” by pro-Beijing media and politicians, Eadeh found herself at the centre of a rare diplomatic storm in the midst of a prolonged China-US trade war.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/10/08/us-envoy-warned-not-to-cross-four-red-line/

But even if they (the HK government) are tempted to make a tougher law penalising “wave chasing”, how it can be done is ...
01/10/2025

But even if they (the HK government) are tempted to make a tougher law penalising “wave chasing”, how it can be done is questionable, not to mention the unintended consequences of over-legislation, which may create more problems than solutions and instill more unease in the society.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2025/10/01/arrests-of-storm-chasers-a-sign-of-sea-change/

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