John Lee (李家超) became the only candidate for Hong Kong’s top post by proving his willingness to loyally execute Beijing’s demands despite an international outcry. The question now is whether he can convince China that reopening the Asian financial center to the world would not jeopardize its control.
Lee, a former cop and security minister, emerged as a leading advocate for cracking down on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition over the past three years, defending the police’s use of force against protesters and warning that those who supported the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper would “pay a hefty price.”
Such hard-line positions were
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One of Hong Kong’s most loveable and dynamic duo’s Joyce Cheng and Alfred Hui are the stars of Uber Eats Hong Kong’s first-ever ‘Tonight, I’ll Be Eating’ campaign in a bid to celebrate and support the local restaurants on Uber Eats.
The campaign, created in partnership with Special Group Australia and Uth Hong Kong, set in a lavish and stylish home, features Joyce and Alfred donning denim jackets covered in the logos of many local favourites. In the commercial, Joyce playfully irons patches of logos from some of their favourite local shops they will be ordering from. Towards the end of the scene, the duo are seen promoting many local restaurants and their food with an entire wall of televisions sitting behind them, while Alfred is seen in a classic Mary Poppins moment pulling out dishes after dishes of food out of an Uber Eats paper bag. The duo not only sparked insatiable chemistry and dynamic interaction, they