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Nine Reasons For Saying No To Populist Democracy

By YueChim Richard On 2014/12/03 · Add Comment · 26,946 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 3 December 2014.) . . . . populist democracy . . . . makes the Chief Executive the representative of the “general will” of the Hong Kong people. This inevitably pits him in direct confrontation with Beijing. . . . . When government becomes progressively more accountable to well-organized minorities, governance becomes increasingly unaccountable.
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Why populist democracy is wrong for Hong Kong

By YueChim Richard On 2014/12/03 · Add Comment · 4,066 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 3 December 2014.)
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The Occupy Movement and the Anatomy of Populist Democracy

By YueChim Richard On 2014/11/26 · Add Comment · 4,227 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 26 November 2014)Berlin worries, however, that the ideal of positive liberty might have its own paradox of impelling revolutionary movements to become totalitarian. Often, the leaders who adhere to positive liberty only tolerate their own conception of what is good and right, and force everyone to conform. Theories of positive liberty, or perversions of them, have frequently been used as instruments of oppression in the past. . . . . Hong Kong’s path to democracy is likely to . . . . vacillate between liberalism and populism.
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Hong Kong democracy in balance as Occupy Movement nears end

By YueChim Richard On 2014/11/26 · Add Comment · 4,231 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 26 November 2014)
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Can Democracy Solve Society’s Ailments?

By admin On 2014/11/19 · Add Comment · 5,112 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 19 November 2014.)
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Democracy alone may not solve Hong Kong’s ailments

By admin On 2014/11/19 · Add Comment · 4,042 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 19 November 2014.)
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Business Entrepreneurship and the Coming End of an Aging Workforce

By admin On 2014/11/12 · Add Comment · 4,121 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 12 November 2014.)Entrepreneurial capability depends on two types of abilities: creativity and business acumen. Creativity declines with age, but business skills increase with experience in high-level positions. The very young do not have the requisite human capital and the very old have lost their creativity. . . . . A young society provides more opportunity for the young and the most creative to acquire the skills necessary for entrepreneurship. . . . . I am optimistic for the future of Hong Kong’s young people because of the return of positive demographics in the workforce.
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Age of Creativity Looms

By YueChim Richard On 2014/11/12 · Add Comment · 4,079 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 12 November 2014.)
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The Lord of The Flies – An Allegorical Novel

By YueChim Richard On 2014/11/06 · Add Comment · 7,355 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 5 November 2014.). . . . evil lives in us all, and there is no proverb to remedy that situation. . . . . savagery is not confined to certain people in particular environments, but exists in everyone as a stain on, if not a dominator of, the nobler side of human nature.
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The Lord of Human Nature

By YueChim Richard On 2014/11/06 · Add Comment · 4,790 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 5 November 2014)
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Hong Kong Must Regain Momentum to Deliver a Popularly Elected Chief Executive in 2017

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/29 · Add Comment · 3,847 views
(This essay was published in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on 29 October 2014.) The election of the Chief Executive in 2017 is the crucial political issue now. The real challenge is not whether the protesters should withdraw from the streets, but rather, how to carry forward political reform. . . . . Huge stakes are at risk for the people of Hong Kong and, I believe, also for the central government to see a successful completion of the political reforms that will affect the 2017 Chief Executive election and the 2016 Legislative Council election. . . . . The Hong Kong Government has a primary responsibility to prevent this by completing the “Five-Step” process and bringing it to a resounding success for the benefit of the people of Hong Kong and for the central government.
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Hong Kong Political Impasse could Compromise the City’s Future

By admin On 2014/10/29 · Add Comment · 3,151 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 29 October 2014.) Only a popularly elected chief executive will have any real chance of uniting people and putting a halt to polarisation.
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Homeownership and the Youth Protest Movement

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/22 · Add Comment · 3,812 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 22 October 2014.) High property prices are the fundamental source of division in society. . . . . Bringing down property prices would be the wrong solution because Hong Kong’s economy would drop, too. The correct approach is to turn the “have-nots” into “haves.”
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Sell Public Housing to Help Defuse Hong Kong Protests

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/22 · Add Comment · 4,008 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 22 October 2014.) Only a bold housing policy initiative can help us break out of our political rut.
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Chief Executive Elected by Universal Suffrage Will Bridge the Gap Between the Two Narratives

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/15 · Add Comment · 3,952 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 15 October 2014)The post-1997 political arrangement has further polarized a society inflicted with deep economic and social contradictions. Only a Chief Executive elected through universal suffrage and accountable to the broad public can hope to bridge the gap between the two political narratives.
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