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Flying Sand

Flying Sand

Niall Fraser's take on Hong Kong, its people and their place in the world.

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For a long time this city has been a pioneer of incidents seemingly so bizarre that they cannot possibly be true – but they generally are. And long may it continue, writes Niall Fraser

Why Hong Kong-style fake news is the real deal

For a long time this city has been a pioneer of incidents seemingly so bizarre that they cannot possibly be true – but they generally are. And long may it continue, writes Niall Fraser

17 Apr 2018 - 9:55PM

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Flying Sand | Double standards and ‘Duterte Harry’ no answer to Hong Kong’s drug problem

10 Apr 2018 - 9:58PM

Flying Sand | Dying in a pit of its own making, the West’s problems far outweigh our own

3 Apr 2018 - 6:49PM

Sexual harassment and assault

Flying Sand | Oxfam scandal highlights real sickness in society: worsening wealth inequality

What we have witnessed is a media orgy of outrage over the sexual behaviour of fewer than a dirty dozen individuals which took place almost a decade ago and which will only damage the interests of the most vulnerable, writes Niall Fraser

27 Feb 2018 - 9:57PM

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Hong Kong police

Flying Sand | Hong Kong police must take criticism on chin and get on with job

Niall Fraser says any sign of the force feeling sorry for itself must be snuffed out in the wake of several high-profile convictions of officers

20 Feb 2018 - 10:14PM

Road safety in Hong Kong

Flying Sand | Transport officials and executives must put safety before bottom line

Niall Fraser says cash compensation and flags flown at half mast for the victims of Saturday’s fatal bus crash are a sickeningly inadequate response to the problems posed by an oversubscribed and profit-driven transport system

13 Feb 2018 - 11:18PM

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Flying Sand | Thanks to police, city can breathe easy after bomb scares – for now

The force wins a well-deserved PR victory for the way its bomb squad was able to deftly dispose of two second world war US bombs, but the incident arouses fears that the city is sitting on a minefield

6 Feb 2018 - 10:22PM

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Hong Kong culture

Flying Sand | How Hong Kong-style Harlem hustle can bring pride back

23 Jan 2018 - 9:56PM

Flying Sand | Recipe for disaster being served up in incendiary political kitchen

9 Jan 2018 - 11:15PM

Flying Sand | Hong Kong returning to ‘Great’ Britain? You’re having a laugh

3 Jan 2018 - 5:47PM

A protester at the New Year’s Day march in Hong Kong shows where her loyalties lie. Photo: AP

Lam should ditch catwalk claptrap and fashion a real future for Hong Kong

28 Dec 2017 - 9:59AM

The media trots out the same fashion-stakes drivel every time the wife or significant other of a world leader steps onto the world stage. Photo: Dickson Lee

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Flying Sand | From Asia’s World City to China’s running boy: a new role for Hong Kong

12 Dec 2017 - 9:16PM

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Flying Sand | Who’s telling the truth about Hong Kong’s drug problem?

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Hong Kong police

Flying Sand | Why Hong Kong needs a brand new police force for a 21st century China

7 Nov 2017 - 10:47PM

Is it time for Hong Kong to consider re-organising its crime-fighting capabilities into one, coherent, unitary force? Photo: Nora Tam

Flying Sand | Opinion: Cult of personality thrives on the geopolitical playing field

24 Oct 2017 - 11:52PM

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Flying Sand | Women’s soccer in city led by Rambo, but are they paid like men?

17 Oct 2017 - 10:21PM

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Flying Sand | The niggling sores on the beast that is the Hong Kong government

Niall Fraser says the Consumer Council and Obscene Articles Tribunal are both well past their sell-by dates and have proven woeful value for taxpayers’ money

10 Oct 2017 - 9:36PM

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Flying Sand | Casino cruise firms should count their blessings not piles of cash

3 Oct 2017 - 10:47PM

Kent Zhu Fuming, the president of Genting Cruise Lines, which has lost millions of dollars due to the cancellation and rerouting of cruises as a result of typhoons and storms. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Flying Sand | Those pining for democracy turn blind eye to other injustices

26 Sep 2017 - 9:43PM

Flying Sand | A real ‘sharing economy’ the remedy for a city that has lost its way

19 Sep 2017 - 10:05PM

China-Canada relations

Flying Sand | Hongkongers head to Canada but 150 mainlanders replace them every day

By my calculation that means Hong Kong has become the permanent home to 620,500 new people from mainland China in little more than 20 years

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One-way permits have allowed up to 150 eligible mainland Chinese people to move to Hong Kong each day since July 1, 1997. Photo: Felix Wong

Flying Sand | Is a Hong Kong-Macau rivalry lost in the global news babble?

5 Sep 2017 - 9:15PM

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Flying Sand | Is it now time for whites to be considered an ethnic minority?

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