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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. Our 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.

37 years ago, Lee Cheuk-yan was a young unionist-cum-activist. He was 30, full of passion for civic activism and hopes f...
26/08/2026

37 years ago, Lee Cheuk-yan was a young unionist-cum-activist. He was 30, full of passion for civic activism and hopes for an open, democratic China. Lee hit headlines after he was taken away by mainland public security officials from a Hong Kong-bound flight at the Beijing airport tarmac one day after the June 4 crackdown.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/08/26/verdict-on-june-4-vigil-leaders-questionable/

In a rare move last week, the Hong Kong Bar Association has asked a court to overturn a ruling by its own disciplinary t...
20/08/2026

In a rare move last week, the Hong Kong Bar Association has asked a court to overturn a ruling by its own disciplinary tribunal clearing former pro-democracy legislator Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee of professional misconduct linked to her conviction of participation in an unauthorised assembly during the 2019 social unrest.

The Bar council has filed on August 14 a judicial review of the tribunal’s decision that Ng’s conviction for taking part in the illegal rally on August 18, 2019, was not so serious as “to bring the profession of barrister into disrepute or otherwise diminish public confidence in the profession of barrister.”

Their move to ask the judiciary to step in to rule a ruling by its appointed tribunal has made a mockery of the cardinal principle of professional autonomy that it upholds. That could not be more ironic.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/08/20/barrister-groups-move-to-overturn-margaret-ng-ruling-may-backfire/

Justice delayed is justice denied. In the case of former Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun and seven democrats who we...
12/08/2026

Justice delayed is justice denied. In the case of former Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun and seven democrats who were arrested and were put on bail after January 2021 until recently, the delay of a presumed end of national security police investigation of their role is a case of justice delayed, though arguable to some. That is sad news. To pro-democracy supporters, that they are now free to travel, to say the least, and, importantly, to start a new life, is good news.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/08/12/all-cases-of-2020-legco-primary-ended-how-about-the-2019-arrestees/

There was a feeling of deja vu in Hong Kong last week, 31 years after the theme of “The death of Hong Kong” became the c...
07/08/2026

There was a feeling of deja vu in Hong Kong last week, 31 years after the theme of “The death of Hong Kong” became the cover story of the US Fortune magazine in 1995. From a British colony to a Special Administration Region under Chinese sovereignty, the Hong Kong story featured a never-ending debate about the fate of Hong Kong. It boils down to a not-so-simple question: Is Hong Kong dead, dying or alive and kicking?

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/08/07/row-over-hong-kong-is-over-never-stops/

Following a historic study trip of lawmakers to Beijing, Chief Executive John Lee made history inaugurating the first 'd...
30/07/2026

Following a historic study trip of lawmakers to Beijing, Chief Executive John Lee made history inaugurating the first 'dialogue-exchange' session with the lawmakers, which was said to have 'depth, width, warmth' being held in new style and format. In short, dialogue made complicated. Never mind a simple question former Legco President Tsang Yok-sing raised about the executive-led system was being ignored.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/07/30/legco-makes-history-in-beijing-trip-a-beginning-or-the-end/

To err is human. Lawmakers are no exception. But with Beijing keeping reminding members of the “patriots-only” legislatu...
08/07/2026

To err is human. Lawmakers are no exception. But with Beijing keeping reminding members of the “patriots-only” legislature to do a better job and behave well, mistakes by one legislator after another will be costly and damaging.

Also importantly, the swift resignation of legislator William Wong Kam-fai on Friday (July 3) after being arrested for drink-driving and a hit-and-run says something about the dilemma faced by Beijing and the loyalists in the reconstructed political landscape. The stakes of a bad mistake by a patriot legislator could be much higher than what it would suppose to be.

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https://www.vohk.hk/2026/07/08/a-minor-legislator-traffic-accident-too-damaging/

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