July 05, 2004

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Today the HK Government is expected to release a report looking into the handling of the SARS crisis. Already the head of the Hospital Authority has accepted the blame but strangely hasn't seen fit to resign. This is despite presiding over the worst public health crisis in modern HK history. Amongst the others who will receive blame are the Secretary for Helath Yeoh Eng-kiong (still in the job) and Margaret Chan, who is now safely ensconced in the WHO in Geneva. While we need to wait for the report for the details it seems unlikely it will contain a definition of accountability.

In better news, Hong Kong is estimated to have the fewest Chinese spies of any major city in the country:

Mainland intelligence agencies have more than 100 staff stationed in Hong Kong, a former official with a foreign intelligence agency claims...He claimed to have met a number of mainland agents who, he said, are assigned to various duties, including investigating corruption and smuggling, as well as other intelligence-gathering work.
If you believe Beijing only have one hundred "spies" in Hong Kong, I've got a lovely bridge to sell you. The arrest last month of some Mainland police officers in Hong Kong who claimed they were on duty, depsite being outside their jurisdiction, has made Hong Kongers even more wary of China's security services.

In other news it turns out the Communist Party of China has a history of spying on its people and uses secret police to maintain its hold on power. (/sarcasm)

posted by Simon on 07.05.04 at 10:17 AM in the




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