Critique Articles

2015-08-14
China survival tip: where in the world are Guangdong’s hazardous chemical wastes? (Chinese version only)
2015-06-30
The Three Runway System: just another land issue? (Chinese version only)
2015-06-22
Rigged games: unfair circumstances faced by non-indigenous New Territories inhabitants today is Hong Kong’s tomorrow (Chinese version only)
2015-06-02
Political expectations of the new China-HK model in post-political reform Hong Kong (Chinese version only)
2015-04-12
Never forget: resistance against the Multiple-entry Endorsement (Chinese version only)
2015-04-10
No place for Town Planning Board on the Three Runway System? I think not. (Chinese version only)
2015-03-19
Beware Kennedy Town development plans (Chinese version only)
2015-02-03
On the inevitable violence of our current social institution (Chinese version only)
2015-01-04
Inevitable gentrification in the wake of MTR stations? (Chinese version only)
2015-01-04
The concept of ‘home’ in the face of urban renewal (Chinese version only)
2014-12-08
Do your homework, man: a response to Chan Mo Po (Chinese version only)
2014-11-16
Hong Kong waste management blueprint is a symptom of the city’s ills (Chinese version only)
2014-08-01
An underground kingdom, a brewing disaster: the flow of gas in urban development (Chinese version only)
2014-06-01
Rising tensions: underlying conflict between Hong Kong’s core values and assimilation with China (Chinese version only)
2014-05-19
Shatin-Central link’s sloppy project profile is the ultimate farce (Chinese version only)
2014-05-12
Land donation as setup for rent seeking and encroachment of government autonomy (Chinese version only)
2014-05-06
An Express Rail tragedy: the costly encroachment into Mai Po wetlands (Chinese version only)
2014-05-03
A costly white elephant: on the NENT development plan (Chinese version only)
2014-04-07
The violent seizure of Ma Shi Po village (Chinese version only)
2014-03-24
HK government turns a blind eye on public opposition to Lantau development (Chinese version only)
2014-03-17
Killing intent: what Nansha’s “Hong Kong district” means for Hong Kong (Chinese version only)
2014-03-12
Moving goal-posts and black box operations: the Lands Department (Chinese version only)
2014-03-10
Fan Lau tourist diversion proposal — a scam to overtax HK resources (Chinese version only)
2014-03-08
Harbourfront for the People puts the brakes on military pier plan by leveraging widening rifts in the Leung administration (Chinese version only)
2014-03-05
Industrial policy and planning, twin culprits of MTR overcrowding? (Chinese version only)
2014-03-03
The tyranny of beasts: violent crackdown on the press and dissenting voices (Chinese version only)
2014-02-28
Developing country park – from absurdity to reality
2014-02-18
Bumbling blustering blunders: the Town Planning Board’s short-sighted approach to the military pier plan (Chinese version only)
2014-01-27
Pieces of my childhood: nostalgia for Hong Kong’s green belt sites (Chinese version only)
2014-01-20
The systematic extermination of green belt sites (Chinese version only)
2014-01-13
On the 4th anniversary of the anti-express rail link movement (Chinese version only)
2014-01-06
China’s colony: forced name changes to Hong Kong territories (Chinese version only)
2014-01-02
Leung’s hamfisted military pier plan puts the PLA on the spot (Chinese version only)
2013-12-30
2013 review of significant China-Hong Kong policy formulation (Chinese version only)
2013-12-23
Never forget, never forgive: Franklin Lam Fan-keung’s lies regarding ‘2017 land shortage’ (Chinese version only)
2013-12-16
Safeguarding our right to the city is a must (Chinese version only)
2013-12-10
Masterminds behind the military pier plan exposed! (Chinese version only)
2013-12-09
Urban carrying capacity is not a taboo (Chinese version only)
2013-12-02
Two sides of the same coin: Hong Kong country parks and Cape No. 7 (Chinese version only)
2013-11-19
The necessity of speaking truth to power (Chinese version only)
2013-11-19
From HKTV license refusal to PLA dock rezone plan: the tragedy of Hong Kong’s blackbox administration (Chinese version only)
2013-11-18
The turn towards brownfield policies in land development? (Chinese version only)
2013-11-12
Military pier rezone plan endangers commercial and industrial interests (Chinese version only)
2013-11-11
The end of an era: curbing of public participation in developmental projects (Chinese version only)
2013-11-04
Hong Kong, an overdeveloped city (Chinese version only)
2013-10-21
A rational criticism of the Hong Kong government’s refusal to utilize PLA barracks (Chinese version only)
2013-10-07
Don’t let Chan Mo-Po celebrate the PLA’s premature victory (Chinese version only)
2013-10-07
Do your part to stop Leung from securing an illegitimate victory! (Chinese version only)
2013-10-07
The truth behind the abolishment of pedestrian zones (Chinese version only)
2013-08-15
The dreadlocked Chan Mo-po a pawn of CY Leung’s political ambitions (Chinese version only)
2013-08-13
Decelaration of population growth rate reveals stark gap between government overestimation and reality (Chinese version only)
2013-07-30
Kowloon City redevelopment is a repeat of NENT’s mistakes (Chinese version only)
2013-07-08
Enhanced NENT NDA study, a spectacular backfire (Chinese version only)
2013-07-07
Stop doing young people an injustice — a response to Chan Mo-po’s “A New City for a New Generation” blog post (Chinese version only)
2013-07-05
A tale of two cities: Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and the past and present of the NENT development plan (Chinese version only)
2013-06-25
Impact and implications of Garrison Law 23 in Central (Chinese version only)
2013-06-25
Ideal endgame of the landfill struggle (Chinese version only)
2013-06-13
Diminishing sovereignty: CY Leung’s fundamental misunderstanding of Hong Kong’s role in the Sino-British Defence Land Agreement (Chinese version only)
2013-05-19
How the land lies: a rebuttal to Secretary for Development Chan Mo-po’s misrepresentation of facts in blog post “Take a Holistic View and Act Without Delay” （Chinese version only)
2013-05-16
On CY Leung and his twisting of history (Chinese version only)
2013-05-15
Non-governmental data reveals new future for land development (Chinese version only)
2013-05-09
Nail the baldfaced lie of land shortage with direct action (Chinese version only)
2013-04-26
Permanent expansion of PLA military site in Central hits a raw nerve (Chinese version only)
2013-04-15
Hong Kong government accomplice to planned land seizure by the People’s Liberation Army (Chinese version only)
2013-04-05
Reclamation consultation puts the cart before the horse in land development (Chinese version only)
2013-03-30
What are land reserves? (Chinese version only)
2012-11-05
Long Mei beach must not fall: filling in the blanks of Lam Chiu-ying’s analysis (Chinese version only)
2012-10-16
Utilization before development: an alternative Kai Tak proposal by Liber Research Community (Chinese version only)
2012-08-22
Shenzhen-Hong Kong integration: a natural market trend? Or machinations of the government? (Chinese version only)
2012-08-12
Forced relocation of Fu Tei Au Tsuen for police urban tactical training facility (Chinese version only)
2012-07-17
Ping Kong Tsuen: a case study of evolving tactics in land resumption (Chinese version only)
2012-04-09
High-speed rail phase 2 blackbox operation poised to bulldoze Ngau Tam Mei (Chinese version only)
2012-04-02
A personal submission on the Enhancing Land Supply Strategy – Reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and Rock Cavern Development Stage 1 public consultation (Chinese version only)
2011-03-05
Land to the people: a plea to the government to ensure a viable Hong Kong (Chinese version only)
2011-02-27
The New Territories unimagined: natural changes for the greatly changing landscape? (Chinese version only)
2011-02-21
Liber Research Community on the unfair compensation of New Territories farmers (Chinese version only)
2011-02-15
“Study on the Action Plan for the Bay Area of the Pearl River Estuary” is nothing more than a cost-free tour (Chinese version only)
2011-02-13
The New Territories – the unfinished project (Chinese version only)
2010-10-25
The last stand of Nam Sang Wai (Chinese version only)
2010-09-13
West Kowloon development plans introduce new concepts to government urban planning (Chinese version only)
2010-09-03
Tai Long Sai Wan: an unfinished business (Chinese version only)
2010-08-06
Who is to blame for the destruction of rural territories? (Chinese version only)
2010-07-30
The local melancholy of Ngau Tam Mei (Chinese version only)
2009-10-15
The “difficult-to-plan-for and undeveloped” West Kowloon Terminus of the Express Rail Link (Chinese version only)
2009-01-21
MegaTower: the sloppy mash-up of HK Disneyland and Cyberport (Chinese version only)
2006-01-15
The dilemma of the Express Rail Link: the past, present and future (Chinese version only)

Position Papers & Proposals

2018-05-01
Your real choice: honest consultation on land supply
2013-01-27
Optimal use of land to alleviate the housing crisis: “Kai Tak for the People” – a citizen’s alternative plan 2.0
2011-11-30
The Professional Commons’s response to “Regional Co-operation Plan on Building a Quality Living Area” consultation document
2011-10-30
The Professional Commons’s position on the proposed West Kowloon Cultural District Development Plan (Chinese version only)
2010-12-19
Responses to the West Kowloon Cultural District Stage 2 public engagement exercises
2010-11-17
Old problems yet unaddressed: The Professional Commons’s response to the Urban Renewal Strategy draft (Chinese version only)
2010-09-24
Enhancing social and environmental sustainability, fair sharing of economic prosperity: submission on the 2010-11 Policy Address (Executive summary)
2010-09-24
Enhancing social and environmental sustainability, fair sharing of economic prosperity: submission on the 2010-11 Policy Address
2010-07-01
Supplementary Proposal on the Proposed Urban Renewal Strategy
2010-01-22
[Hong Kong Interchange Option] – a cheaper, faster and better Express Rail Link
2010-01-21
Narrowing the rich-poor gap, promoting social mobility: submission to the 2010-11 Budget (Executive summary)
2010-01-01
Narrowing the rich-poor gap, promoting social mobility: submission to the 2010-11 Budget
2009-12-01
For the People, by the People: research report on urban regeneration strategy
2009-09-01
“Unleashing Hong Kong’s Present and Future Potential”: submission on the 2009-10 Policy Address
2008-03-01
Reconstructing urbanscape – research report on development strategies of the Hong Kong “Secondary City Centre” and the Hong Kong section of the Hi‐Speed National Rail Network
2007-12-01
West Kowloon for People – research report on the West Kowloon Cultural District development (Chinese version only)

Research Briefs

2018-08-17
Land reclamation: real option? Don’t fall into traps! (Video in Chinese)
2018-05-20
Releasing hoarded land for quick cash grabs: the real estate way (Video in Chinese)
2018-03-04
Grassroots god of the land 1: dispelling the myth of HK’s urban density in 5 minutes! (Video in Chinese)
2018-01-18
Liber Research Community presents: atlas live (Video in Chinese)

Speeches, Forums & Seminars

2017-12-09
Chitchat Hong Kong 6: rent, rent everywhere (Video in Chinese)
2017-12-08
Chitchat Hong Kong 1: huff and puff and blow your house down (Video in Chinese)
2017-12-08
Chitchat Hong Kong 2: exposing Urban Renewal Authority’s expense implosion (Video in Chinese)
2013-10-16
Avoiding ‘new town blues’ in the Northeast New Territories
2012-08-24
The Hong Kong we want — poverty assistance, reduction and prevention
2011-03-14
Planning for Hong Kong: towards a liveable global city
2009-07-23
Quality of life in Hong Kong