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Bridging the Gap

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/15 · Add Comment · 4,857 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 15 October 2014.)
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Thoughts on the Protest Movement

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/08 · Add Comment · 3,453 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 8 October 2014.)Although the confrontation on the streets is still ongoing, healing should begin now. The events of the past week should be a tipping point for change. Government must pledge to conduct a genuine dialogue with the students and the public on matters relating to democratic reform that are within the city’s prerogative, before the next stage of political consultation to complete the “Five Step” process resumes. . . . . The leaders pledged . . . . to make the sacrifice for violating the law. Their message has been heard in abundance. Is it not time for them to fulfill their pledge and surrender to the law?
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Let the Restoration Begin

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/08 · Add Comment · 4,051 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 8 October 2014.)
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From the Bottom Up: The Pan-Democrat Narrative on Hong Kong’s Political Development (Part III)

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/01 · Add Comment · 3,498 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 1 October 2014.)The current predicament is the result of the failure to articulate a single political narrative for Hong Kong when 1997 arrived. Something critical was missing in the “establishment narrative” – those elements raised by the “bottom up narrative”, which the public cared about. As the two competing narratives remain divided, it has become more difficult to resolve society’s political conflicts. Those in the middle are left pondering which side they will be pushed to join – remaining silent is becoming difficult.
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Hong Kong: One City, Two Narratives

By YueChim Richard On 2014/10/01 · Add Comment · 3,119 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 1 October 2014.)
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The Fear of Populism

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/24 · Add Comment · 4,817 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 24 September 2014.)   One of the political narratives that have emerged around the concept of “one country, two systems” is the “establishment narrative”, which sees populist democracy as the greatest threat to preserving Hong Kong’s capitalist way of life.   The narrative is [...]
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The Establishment View on Hong Kong’s Democratic Political Development

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/24 · Add Comment · 3,612 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 24 September 2014) Democracy disperses power and in so doing keeps government within the law, which safeguards the rule of law. . . . . For the business and professional elites, the idea of political discourse and building democracy from the “bottom up” (in the manner done elsewhere) was not something they could naturally embrace.
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Three Narratives on Hong Kong’s Democratic Political Development

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/17 · Add Comment · 3,104 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 17 September 2014.) One should not abandon hope even if the political process appears less than rational at times. . . . . Growing economic and social contradictions have to be addressed by sound economic and social policies. Political innovations that help facilitate the adoption of such policies should be accommodated. There should be room within the Basic Law and the resolutions of the Standing Committee to allow for such changes over time to contribute to a better future for Hong Kong.
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Building blocks needed in Hong Kong’s political development

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/17 · Add Comment · 3,686 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 17 September 2014.)   The political reform framework decided by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has evoked strong reactions in Hong Kong. The pan-democrats have denounced it as undemocratic and incompatible with “genuine popular elections”. For me, it is consistent with [...]
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We Don’t Need Universal Social Pensions Schemes to Help the Elderly Poor

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/10 · Add Comment · 4,808 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 10 September 2014.)   Before 1997, the last British Governor Chris Patten proposed to introduce a pay-as-you-go social pension scheme. The proposal was withdrawn amidst widespread opposition over its fiscal sustainability and impacts on work and savings incentives. In its place, the Mandatory Provident Scheme [...]
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Way to help Hong Kong’s elderly poor

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/10 · Add Comment · 4,088 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 10 September 2014.) ....a universal old age social transfer scheme is not merely intended to help the elderly poor but to fulfill some other objective. . . . . If individuals considered only their own interest and ignored that of their children who would be burdened by taxes, then the scheme would have a formidable political support base. . . . . The unspoken objective of using a universal old age social transfer scheme to provide retirement protection is, therefore, ultimately political. . . . . Politicians have long learned to use redistribution schemes to harness political support.
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Finding $3.336 Trillions of Housing Capital

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/03 · Add Comment · 4,180 views
(This essay was published in Hong Kong Economic Journal on 3 September 2014) The total market value of such government-provided housing is very substantial, but because there are extremely severe restrictions limiting their use either as rental property or as assets for sale on the open market, their values are highly discounted. If the restriction on selling TPS and HOS units on the open market were removed or the unpaid land premiums substantially lowered, then an active market would appear. gain in housing capital from privatization and deregulation would be $3.336 trillion, equivalent to 156.9% of GDP.
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How freeing up public housing would help Hong Kong

By YueChim Richard On 2014/09/03 · Add Comment · 4,702 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 3 September 2014)
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Health care could account for almost a third of Hong Kong GDP by end of century

By YueChim Richard On 2014/08/27 · Add Comment · 4,825 views
(This essay was published in the South China Morning Post on 27 August 2014.)
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How Hong Kong could be a better city

By YueChim Richard On 2014/08/20 · Add Comment · 3,968 views
(This essay was published in South China Morning Post on 20 August 2014)
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