Hong Kong Intelligence Report #45 - 'Reform' nullified? - Corporate Monopoly of Statutory Bodies
Updated: Oct 3, 2021
Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
IMPORTANT
Reading member lists and profiles of statutory bodies of the establishment is to really understand hidden meaning of HK news, recent incidents and two-faced PR campaigns of the vested interests in this city.
Actual governmental law proposals are drafted and consulted with statutory bodies within the establishment not primarily the legislative council. Such as Hong Kong Trade Development Council and The Town Planning Board. In HKSAR, the government and its statuary bodies are true and real major lawmakers and policy practitioners. In practice, the only remaining political function of the legislative council is to read, follow and approve it financially while the most of individual proposals are basically just unrestrained 'recommendations.'
Title-holders in the Statutory Bodies are people who are really enjoying 'direct democracy' in the establishment of HKSAR. In fact, democracy does exist in Hong Kong. However the highest quality of DEMOCRACY is only available for those unfairly privileged figures from the ruling class.
As long as the revolving doors are freely open to the local vested interests, even 'genuine' universal suffrage of the legislative council and the chief executive or any other 'patriotic' 'democratic' progressive reform cannot make any significant difference to the status quo.
Not only notable 'lawmakers' (POLITICIANS) but also you can find some 'disappeared' 'missing' politicians in the statutory bodies. Even some anti-China rioter and oppositionists are occupying job titles of statutory bodies.
It is a surprising fact that ongoing 'purge' of 'opposition' figures excludes statutory bodies of HKSAR. As a result, the 'purge' is inadequately limited in the legislative and district councils while the vested interests / private interests / monopoly capital are ridiculously, enormously dominating titles in Statutory Bodies. One representative of private interests occupies at least 2 to 19 'full-time' titles of the statutory bodies simultaneously besides their own fields of executive or scholastic or legal or professional 'full-time' jobs in private sectors. This undeniably confirmed correctness of David Webb (1965-)'s analysis in 2010 yet any individual holding even 2 job titles in the establishment is ridiculous as one worker can only concentrate on one 'full-time' job. Thus it is about common sense of workers not about violation of 6-title rules. (1)
In general, statutory bodies are to manage governmental policies, operations and provide public services for society as part of the government, hence it should not be heavily dominated by private interests. Any private interest must be excluded from the 'public service' establishment in order to fully serve communities as governmental bodies. Public servants in real terms should fully dominate and operate all statutory bodies. Instead individuals from the private sectors should be excluded from the public sectors because private interests only serve private interests. In other words, the goal of capitalists is exploitation of surplus values of labours. Capitalists only seek their own benefits and profits at the cost of society. It is fatally wrong to let capitalists exploit public interests for their own private interests. The hijacked statutory bodies of HKSAR are just profitable tools for them.
Collusion of government officials and entrepreneurs (官商勾結)) means crony capitalism. Crony capitalism of HKSAR establishment is true and real. It just only needs to check the statutory bodies by yourself. See crony-capitalism index of The Economist. Hong Kong as a region ranked top #1 in 2014 and 2016. (2)(3)(4)
The situation above perfectly explains recent events in Hong Kong:
1. One of respected media REUTERS (in fact a member of HKGCC as Thomson Reuters Corporation; HKR0102) (5) exclusively reported 'With tighter grip, Beijing sends message to Hong Kong tycoons: fall in line' by Clare Jim and Farah Master on September 17, 2021. No matter what their intention was, the news politically created the highly positive atmosphere for upcoming 'reform' in Hong Kong. The most important thing on the news and its consequences is that the PR responses of the real estate oligarchs could have been and will only be the same with how they reacted to the news (read 東方日報A1：地產商願解樓荒 等政府鬆綁 ) on September 25, 2021. Furthermore , they just repeated exactly the same PR response to Xia Baolong's demand on July 16, 2021. In short, the Hong Kong oligarchs will react in the same way even though the pressure from the central government is true or not. And they did. It still does not deny the official demand / line of July 16, 2021.
2. Why the study on the statutory bodies is so important on this? Because it refutes lies and news propaganda of Hong Kong oligarchs and corporate media like Oriental Daily News. The nature of those pro-real estate oligarchic propaganda news, suggestions and opinions during this period is denial of social accountabilities of monopoly capital in this city. Instead, they tend to one-sidedly scapegoat the HKSAR government for everything while those private interests / business sectors / monopoly capital / oligarchs are also dominating the statutory bodies of the HKSAR government.
3. Hoarding land and housing properties for speculation is done by their dominated statutory bodies. Thus, real-estate oligarchs cannot scapegoat the entire HKSAR government for systematic postponement / sending around / derivarate time-consuming. On the contrary, real-estate oligarchs now are trying to hijack the 'reform' and momentum for profitable deregulation on the anti-speculation policy. For instance, deregulating the 'anti-speculation' land premium while those hypocritical real estate oligarchs are vowing to end rising housing prices by 'voluntarily supporting' the government. In other words, solving speculation of housing prices and real-estate stock prices by accelerating speculation? Moreover, skyrocketing housing prices automatically mean rising prices of everything in this city (artificially created, permanently maintained inflation).
3. 囤地，操控樓房供應（空置率極高）的炒樓炒股投機行為是由他們地產霸權/ 商界壟斷的法定機構來完成的。官商勾結的法定機構有系統地推遲/送來送去/派生耗時來維持高樓價政策，因此地產寡頭不能把整個香港特區政府當作代罪羔羊。相反，房地產跨行業寡頭勢力現在正在試圖劫持"改革"和當前氣勢，以利於放鬆反投機的管制。例如，放鬆或撤除針對'投機'的補地價政策及辣椒，而那些虛偽的房地產寡頭同時卻一再發誓要通過'自願支持'政府來增加土地樓房供應結束房價上漲。換言之，在實踐上，通過加速投機來解決房價和房地產股價的投機問題？即使真反中亂港禍港勢力地產霸權成功矇騙所有的大陸人，也仍然騙不了深受其害的所有的香港市民。
4. The DAB's proposal (September 23, 2021) of restructuring Transport and Housing Bureau and Development Bureau is the same proposal with Hong Kong oligarchs. Such as the direct representative of real estate oligarchs, Razack Ebrahim Abdul's proposal on July 15, 2021.
5. For both the HKNSL-related 'purge' and the 'anti-monopoly' reform, the statutory bodies should not be exempted. Otherwise, the result will be the opposite or distorted or even nullified.
6. The policy tendency of the central government on HKSAR is quite obvious if we see what is happening in Macau and on its monopolistic casino industry now. Bloomberg reported the news 'China’s Casino Crackdown Part of Quest to Transform Macau' on September 24, 2021. There is still no official comment on the REUTERS and Bloomberg reports from the central government.
7. The REUTERS's exclusive report of September 17, 2021 revealed some treacherous figures in the establishment. For instance, Lau Siu-kai, Leung Chun-ying and Carrie Lam publicly 'protected' Hong Kong oligarchs on this. Technically, they used 'two systems' against 'one country'. So called 'one country' means 'common prosperity.'
8. The ideal of 'common prosperity' should be shared with both Hong Kong and Macau in order to integrate themselves into the entire national economic development of China.
The aim of this article is to examine correctness of David Webb (1965-)'s analysis on the statutory bodies of HKSAR in order to accurately understand recent political and economic events in Hong Kong.
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FACTS
Administrative Appeals Board / 行政上訴委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (RICHARD KHAW SC 許偉強, 藍德業, Elaine Liu 廖玉玲, 彭耀鴻, 張焯堯, 何思鎇, 何沅蔚, 江嘉惠, KWOK Sin Tung, 郭善彤, 鄺雪詠, 劉詠蒑, 劉應東, 唐以恒, 曾思進, 黃朝龍, 黃婉儀, 楊至鏗, 葉麗華, 容慧慈, 黃海韻); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (陳德鳴, 馮熙偉, 郭永聰, 麥燕薇, SZE Kyran 施家殷, 唐以恒, 謝永豪, 黃朝龍, 胡錦輝, 姚逸明, 葉思進).
Advisory Board on Licensing of Plumbers / 水喉匠牌照諮詢委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (Vincent Ho Kui Yip 何鉅業, 鄭偉業, 鄧銘心, 黎志輝, 廖冰清, 馬育英, 潘偉宜, 黃炳輝, 李志堅, 譚國榮); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (Vincent Ho Kui Yip 何鉅業, 鄭偉業, 何文堯, 鄧銘心).
Advisory Body on Third Party Funding of Arbitration and Mediation / 第三者資助仲裁及調解的諮詢機構: a) recently holding one or more concurrent posts in establishment (Victor Dawes SC 杜淦堃); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (...).
Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities / 私營醫療機構規管辦公室: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (周雨發, 勵冠雄, 黃耀佳, Chair Sek Ying 車錫英, 蔡堅, 何兆煒, 郭寶賢, 劉家獻, 梁超敏); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (...).
Advisory Committee for the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance and the Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance / 消防安全條例諮詢委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (吳建城, 鄺偉倫, 何志信, 黃向榮, 黎兆麟, 郭柏威, 黃鑫炎, 李國華, 梅國威, 楊學恒); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (吳建城, 鄺偉倫, 何志信, 黎裕良, 黎兆麟, 郭柏威, 劉佩荃, 張仁貴, Daniel Chad McKee).
Advisory Committee on Travel Agents / 旅行代理商諮詢委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (黃錦沛, Chu, Buston Yat Chiu 朱溢潮, 鄭嘉儀, Fung, Mandy Yuen Han 馮婉嫻, 程鼎一, 梁港蘭, 廖玉玲, Mak, Barry Lui Ming 麥磊明, 黃進達, 黃鳳嫺); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (廖玉玲).
Advisory Committee under Fire Safety (Industrial Buildings) Ordinance Cap. 636 / 根據《消防安全(工業建築物)條例》第636章設立的諮詢委員會: undisclosed to the public
Advisory Panel on Licensing of Hotels and Guesthouses / 旅館牌照簽發諮詢小組: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (林思敏, 林偉强, 梁雅倫, 梁詠珊, 凌紫燕, 盧靜兒, Melwani, Roshan Manohar, 吳傑華, 沈智輝, 岑漢和, 唐以恒, 曾紫蕾, 董正綱, 黃曉虹, 王家揚); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (周健德, 盧靜兒, 吳傑華, 唐以恒, 董正綱, 王家揚, 黃健兒).
Agricultural Products Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee / 漁農自然護理署諮詢委員會/法定委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (Cheuk, Phyllis Fung Ting 卓鳳婷, Ng, To San 吳圖新, 劉堅偉); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (...).
Air Pollution Control Appeal Board Panel / 空氣污染管制上訴委員會備選委員小組: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (Yeung, Ming Tai 楊明悌, Chiu, Ellie Oi Li 丘愛莉, 李玉芝, 吳家穎); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (...).
Air Transport Licensing Authority / 空運牌照局: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (何沛謙, 陳美寶, Chan, Kelly Yuen Sau 陳遠秀, Fung, Eugene Ting Sek 馮庭碩, 郭珮芳, 林定國, 薛建平, Yue, Avon Nga Fong 余雅芳); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (陳美寶, 薛建平).
Airport Authority / 香港機場管理局: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (蘇澤光, 林天福, 陳帆, 趙式明, 陳仲尼, 歐智華, 許正宇, 梁頴宇, 廖志勇, 盧偉國, 唐嘉鴻, 黃冠文, 王鳴峰, 胡文新); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (陳帆, 盧偉國, 唐嘉鴻, 胡文新, 易志明, 盛智文).
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal / 打擊洗錢及恐怖分子資金籌集覆核審裁處: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (William Ahern, 陳玲娜, Cheung, Gary Wai Kwok 張為國, Daswani, Praveen Mohan 戴宏年, 禤惠儀, 龔楊恩慈, Poon, Rebecca Chui Ngor 潘翠娥, Anthony Rogers, Chiu, Anthony Ling Cheong 趙令昌); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (Chiu, Anthony Ling Cheong 趙令昌).
The Antiquities Advisory Board / 古物諮詢委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (蘇彰德, 張添琳, 李志苗, 程美寶, 何鉅業, 沈豪傑, 曾昭唐, Yeung, Theresa Wing Shan 楊詠珊, 羅健中, 葉嘉明, 李正儀, Yuen, Edward Siu Bun 阮肇斌, 李炳權); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (蘇彰德, 張添琳, 李志苗, 梁鵬程, 何鉅業, 沈豪傑, Yeung, Theresa Wing Shan 楊詠珊, 葉嘉明, 李炳權).
Appeal Board (Clubs (Safety of Premises)) / 上訴委員會（會社（房產安全））: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (陳永豪, 錢孝良, Fok, Bryan 霍天瑋, 陳曉鋒, 蔡嘉彥, Choi, Benjamin Siu Fung 蔡少峰, 霍靜妍, 關秀玲, 劉志成, 劉迪雅, 羅蔚山, 李鎮強, 李世隆, Ling, Ebony Yee Nam 凌依楠, Wong, James Lap Wai 黃立煒, Wong, Carol Lok Woon 王洛媛, Yim, Keith Siu Chung 嚴少忠, Yip, Micky Tik Bun 葉迪斌 etc. All of them); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (蔡嘉彥, 霍靜妍, 李鎮強).
Appeal Board on Public Meetings and Processions / 公眾集會及遊行上訴委員會: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (To, Anthony Kwai Fung 杜溎峰, Chan, Anna May Mei Lan 陳美蘭, Chung, May Ching May 鍾婧薇, Chan, Hang (Ms) 陳杏, Chan, Eugene Kin Keung 陳建強, Chan, Winky Wing Ki 陳詠琪, Fan, Andrew Chun Wah 范駿華, Kwok, Wing Keung 郭永強, Lam, Ambrose San Keung 林新強, 黃浩明, 王文揚, Yeung, Vivian Cheuk Chi 楊卓姿, Yip, Adrian Chun To 葉振都); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (Chung, May Ching May 鍾婧薇, Chan, Eugene Kin Keung 陳建強, Lam, Ambrose San Keung 林新強, 黃浩明, Wong, Ryan Man Yeung 王文揚, Yeung, Vivian Cheuk Chi 楊卓姿).
Appeal Board Panel (Town Planning) / 上訴委員團(城市規劃): a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (Chua, Guan Hock 蔡源福, 陳家殷, Lam, Simon Ken Chung 藍建中, Lam, Paul Ting Kwok 林定國, Wong, Horace Yuk Lun 黃旭倫, Yan, John Mang Yee 甄孟義, Au, Teresa Pui Yee 區佩兒, Chan, Simon Bo Ching 陳步青, Chan, Margaret Ka Man 陳嘉敏, Chan, Rebecca Sze Oi 陳詩藹, Chan, Paul Yuen King 陳元敬, Cheng, Arnold Ka Kui 鄭家駒, Chiu, Mary Grace Hang Mei 趙恒美, Chow, Irene Man Ling 周雯玲, Chu, Teresa Ching Wah 朱靜華, Fok, Wilton Wai Tung 霍偉棟, Fung, Tung (Prof) 馮通, 何志榮, Jen, Julienne 任文慧, Kong, Chau Ming 江就明, Lai, Alvin Chi Keung 賴志強, Lam, Cissy King Sze 林勁思, Lau, Patrick Hing Tat 劉興達, Lau, Julia Man Kwan 劉文君, Lee, Barry Chi Hong 李志康, Leung, Ben Chi Hung 梁志雄, Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee 梁美儀, Leung, Irene Pui Yiu 梁佩瑤, Ling, Imma Kit Sum 凌潔心, Liu, Chun Ho 廖俊豪, Lo, Irene Man Chi 勞敏慈, Ng, Anthony Vincent Wing Shun 吳永順, Ngai, Yuet Ping 魏月萍, Pong, Daniel Yiu Po 龐耀寶, Sit, Peter Kien Ping 薛建平, Tong, Sara See Pui 唐思佩, Tse, Kam Tim 謝錦添, Wong, Shirley Chi Lou 王姿潞, Wong, Abigail Kei Yee 黃紀怡, Wong, Billy Kin Yee 黃健兒, Wong, Vincent Ling Sun 黃靈新, Wu, Ada Ching Mei 胡靜媚, Yeung, Edwin Chi Wai 楊志偉, Yeung, Mona Tse Ngok 楊紫萼, Yu, William Yuen Ping 余遠騁); b) Real-estate / construction / developer-related or close (Chua, Guan Hock 蔡源福, Yan, John Mang Yee 甄孟義, Au, Teresa Pui Yee 區佩兒, Chan, Margaret Ka Man 陳嘉敏, Chiu, Mary Grace Hang Mei 趙恒美, Chiu, Sein Tuck 趙善德, Jen, Julienne 任文慧, Kong, Chau Ming 江就明, Lai, Alvin Chi Keung 賴志強, Lam, Dominic Kwong Ki 林光祺, Lau, Julia Man Kwan 劉文君, Lee, Barry Chi Hong 李志康, Leung, Ben Chi Hung 梁志雄, Liu, Chun Ho 廖俊豪, Ng, Anthony Vincent Wing Shun 吳永順, Pong, Daniel Yiu Po 龐耀寶, Sit, Peter Kien Ping 薛建平, Tse, Kam Tim 謝錦添, Wong, Shirley Chi Lou 王姿潞, Wong, Abigail Kei Yee 黃紀怡, Wong, Billy Kin Yee 黃健兒, Yeung, Mona Tse Ngok 楊紫萼).
Appeal Board panel under the Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance / 上訴委員團（市區重建局條例）: a) recently holding two or more concurrent posts in establishment (