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Regina Ip

Born

24 Feb 1950

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Politician

Central Government Offices in Tamar. In 2023-24, about HK$94.54 billion, or 60.5 per cent of staff expenditure, went towards paying salaries and allowances. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Explainer | Budget 2025: how public servant pay cuts will impact you and Hong Kong’s finances

The Post examines whether reducing or freezing salaries of 173,000 government employees will help Hong Kong’s fiscal health.

24 Feb 2025 - 10:00AM

Hong Kong economy

Regina Ip’s party proposes higher traffic fines to cut Hong Kong deficit

15 Jan 2025 - 4:51PM

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | The problem with Hong Kong officials’ rising salaries

16 Dec 2024 - 10:18AMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Top Hong Kong political adviser Regina Ip calls on Israelis to move to city

Regina Ip urges Israelis wanting safe place to live and raise children to move to Hong Kong, prompting consulate to defend country’s values.

3 Oct 2024 - 11:14PM

Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles on October 1. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong society

Japanese schools in Hong Kong have ‘tightened security’ after Shenzhen stabbing

Kenichi Okada, country’s consul general in Hong Kong, also requested a minute of silence for the boy, 10, during Japanese festival in city.

26 Sep 2024 - 1:00AM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong Exco convenor Regina Ip appeals for retail rent cuts to help businesses

Regina Ip says she and New People’s Party colleagues found 104 vacant stores and stalls in two shopping centres and market in Southern district

18 Aug 2024 - 5:09PM

Hong Kong

Editorial | Doraemon success a sign Hong Kong mega subsidies not always necessary

City tour of blue cartoon robot cat attracted 5 million people and boosted food and beverage sales, without any government handouts.

15 Aug 2024 - 6:15AM

The “100% Doraemon & Friends Tour” showed how successful mega events can unite and lift Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | Hong Kong should work with mainland China to host ‘Belt and Road Games’: Ip

Regina Ip says city must also reposition itself in new geopolitical landscape and tap emerging markets such as Middle East.

10 Aug 2024 - 1:08AM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong’s Regina Ip defends fencer Vivian Kong’s thesis against ‘rabid attacks’

Ip mounts defence of Kong after fencer attacked over 2021 thesis defending ‘one country, two systems’ governing principle and ‘patriots only’ rule.

5 Aug 2024 - 2:49PM

Hong Kong transport

‘Hong Kong should look at economic impact of northbound travel amid driver scheme’

Regina Ip says data showing more than 60,000 vehicles had made use of cross-border travel scheme could provide valuable insights.

21 Jun 2024 - 7:47PM

A scheme opened for applications last year to allow residents to drive into Guangdong province via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Freeze women’s eggs? But ‘soil’ may be bad, Hong Kong health chief says

Minister Lo Chung-mau’s comment that a frozen seed may not grow on ‘soil’ that has aged draws strong response from female lawmaker.

21 Jun 2024 - 12:05AMvideocam

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau has said that he hoped young people would balance family and career by getting married and having children at an earlier age. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong’s summer of protests, 5 years on

Hong Kong has undergone a sea change since 2019, with the government describing the new era as a transition from ‘chaos to order’.

9 Jun 2024 - 4:17PM

Hong Kong society

Explainer | What happened to Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square crackdown vigil?

Annual vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests long drew many residents until last one held by organisers in 2019.

4 Jun 2024 - 8:01PMvideocam

Hong Kong's national security law

Exco members say Hongkongers can mark Tiananmen crackdown in private

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip says she sees no problem with private commemoration of Tiananmen Square crackdown.

2 Jun 2024 - 11:11PM

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Police officers blockade Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park in 2021 after the Tiananmen Square crackdown commemoration was banned because of the coronavirus risk. Photo: Robert Ng

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong’s domestic security law 1 month on: all quiet on the arrest front

A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.

23 Apr 2024 - 10:00AM

Hong Kong's national security law

‘Hong Kong may get isolated if fears not eased in US, Europe over Article 23 law’

Former minister Frederick Ma again calls for business delegations overseas to spread message of city’s actual situation and counter smears.

24 Mar 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

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Hong Kong's national security law

‘Historic moment’: Hong Kong passes Article 23 law after marathon session

No hint of dissent in Legislative Council as all 88 members take turns over 10 hours to speak of their ‘historic mission’ to plug legal loopholes.

20 Mar 2024 - 12:48AMvideocam

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong’s Article 23 bill moves to next stage after amendments toughen law

If bill clears House Committee on Friday, lawmakers will be able to resume second reading and possibly pass legislation at full Legco meeting.

15 Mar 2024 - 1:20AM

Security chief Chris Tang (left) and justice minister Paul Lam leave a bills committee meeting. Lawmakers started reviewing the bill it once it was gazetted last Friday. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong's national security law

Regina Ip slams Hong Kong Article 23 bill’s definitions of ‘external forces’

Lawmakers echo concerns of business chambers and professional bodies that criteria for external forces are ‘broad’ and ‘vague’.

8 Mar 2024 - 10:43PM

Hong Kong's national security law

Explainer | Hong Kong’s Article 23 domestic security law: what are the fears?

The Post sets out what the consultation document says will be done and lists out key concerns raised by different players, ahead of the launch of the official bill.

15 Mar 2024 - 1:37AM

Hong Kong's national security law

Most opinions in Hong Kong consultation support Article 23 security law: John Lee

Chief Executive John Lee also says his administration will report full results of one-month consultation exercise to legislature in due course.

20 Feb 2024 - 9:55PM

A 30-day consultation period for the domestic national security law will end on February 28. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong should better explain new national security offences, top adviser says

Regina Ip echoes call by former city leader Leung Chun-ying to step up communication on coming legislation under Article 23 of Basic Law.

19 Feb 2024 - 11:26PM

(From left) Law professor Simon Young of the University of Hong Kong, lawmaker Regina Ip and Hong Kong Journalists Association chairman Ronson Chan. speak at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Central. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong’s Regina Ip hits back at criticism of domestic security legislation

Top government adviser Regina Ip says foreign countries wrongly think ‘one country, two systems’ governing principle will disappear once home-grown national security legislation is enacted.

16 Feb 2024 - 10:35PM

Hong Kong national security law

Beijing hits back at ex-US diplomats’ support of Jimmy Lai amid Hong Kong trial

‘Some external forces have applied all kinds of tricks to justify, cover up and beautify Lai,’ says spokesman of China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong.

8 Feb 2024 - 11:54PM

Hong Kong's national security law

‘Rebuttal team’ to fight attacks on Hong Kong’s home-grown national security law

John Lee promises that clear explanations will be given to business, diplomats and foreign chambers of commerce to dispel misgivings on city’s national security law.

30 Jan 2024 - 12:42PM

City leader John Lee is to set up a ‘rebuttal team’ to combat potential attacks on the city’s home-grown national security legislation. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong entertainment

Hong Kong leader John Lee says big effort needed to draw star performers to city

Chief Executive John Lee says luring superstars such as Taylor Swift is like ‘asking someone on a date’ and that hard work required.

25 Jan 2024 - 7:52PM

Hong Kong leader John Lee says concerted effort is needed to bring superstars such as Taylor Swift to the city for performances. Photo: Associated Press

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong finance chief rules out capital gains tax for ‘foreseeable future’

The introduction of a capital gains tax was just a suggestion brought up during the budget consultation period, Paul Chan has told the Post.

18 Jan 2024 - 11:26AMvideocam

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong’s own national security law on the cards for 2024: legislative agenda

Top government adviser suggests some public consultation could be skipped to avoid potential delays to ‘Safeguarding National Security Bill’.

30 Jan 2024 - 12:40PM

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