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I haven't quite lived half your life in Hong Kong but, since 1957, at first the rolled bundle and now the heavy folded pages of the SCMP have landed on my doorsteps in Conduit Road, Repulse Bay ...
David Akers-Jones expects more focus under Leung Chun-ying. Reading Time: 2 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP. LAUREN HO. Published: 12:00am, 21 Nov 2012Updated: 3:52am, 21 Nov 2012.
Why you can trust SCMP. Tony Cheung. Published: 10:03pm, 17 Mar 2017Updated: 11:27pm, 17 Mar 2017. ... Sir David Akers-Jones has made an immense contribution to Hong Kong and the country.
Even in his final days on his sick bed, David Akers-Jones, Hong Kong’s former chief secretary under British colonial rule, continued to be troubled by the months-long protest crisis in the city ...
The political crisis surrounding Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is not yet over, though the social atmosphere has much improved since the mass protest on July 1, retired chief secretary Sir David ...
Why you can trust SCMP. SCMP Reporter. Published: 12:00am, 14 Apr 2004. ... Sir David Akers-Jones said that for the sake of stability and the city's wellbeing, ...
At the funeral of Sir David Akers-Jones, former chief secretary and inspiration and mentor to many, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor delivered an emotional eulogy. She recounted visiting ...
Former chief secretary Sir David Akers-Jones yesterday criticised the democrats for organising a march to fight for greater democracy after the latest constitutional reform proposal, saying it was ...
Former chief secretary David Akers-Jones has urged Hong Kong’s next leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to tackle the city’s problems with firmness and honesty, saying issues such as the land ...
Sir David Akers-Jones, a former chief secretary in the colonial administration, ... SCMP Reporter + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 9 Oct, 2000. Why you can trust SCMP.
The only time the Castle Peak Road project received any real attention was when former chief secretary Sir David Akers-Jones mounted a fight in the late 1990s to save his home in Tsing Lung Tau.