Hints and tips:
...The wheels came off in 2019-20 when, under Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong leadership made the mistake of proposing an extradition arrangement with China that sparked massive pro-democracy demonstrations....
...The veteran Everett attempts an audacious rewriting of Mark Twain, and delivers a story bristling with atmosphere, sadness and sly wit....
...Xi last visited Hong Kong in 2017 when Lee’s predecessor, Carrie Lam, began what proved to be a tumultuous term....
...Chinese policy advisers and state media have publicly criticised the Hong Kong government, led by chief executive Carrie Lam, over the past week for failing to hold the line on Beijing’s “zero Covid” policy...
...“The only way to flush out [unreported] cases is to do compulsory mass testing plus stay-at-home orders during the testing period,” said Regina Ip, an Exco member....
...The [Hong Kong government’s] efforts in the past two years have been an obvious failure,” Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing politician, said....
...Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing lawmaker and member of the council that advises Lam, said there was little chance Beijing would deviate from the strategy....
...Regina Ip, a staunch pro-government lawmaker who has most recently supported China’s internationally condemned Xinjiang policy, suggested she was out of the loop and Beijing was changing who it listened...
...Regina Ip, another pro-Beijing politician, said the event was being used as a “big stick to clobber China”....
...He was given his exemption in “the interest of the city’s economic development”, according to Carrie Lam, the city’s chief executive, answering questions the following day....
...A pro-Beijing lawmaker, Regina Ip, said she had not heard of any plans to withdraw the law but admitted the government faced difficult choices....
...Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s leader, suspended the extradition bill, which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to China for trial, in June after the protests began....
...“The government will try very hard to solve the dispute and allow the amendment to pass,” Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam said this week....
...Former Hong Kong chief secretary Carrie Lam submitted 579 nominations yesterday and was accepted as a candidate in the election later this month....
...Woo Kwok-hing, a retired judge, has already officially announced he is running for chief executive, while Regina Ip, a top member of Hong Kong’s legislature, has also expressed interest in the post....
...Alex Young and Gavin Spokes bring real spark to the characters of Carrie and Mr Snow and there’s a droll turn from Nicholas Lyndhurst as the Starkeeper who persuades the deceased Billy to return to earth...
...They will join retired judge Woo Kwok-hing and Regina Ip, a top member of Hong Kong’s legislature in the race....
...Hong Kong’s number two official Carrie Lam has tendered her resignation ahead of an expected run for leadership of the city....
...The other candidates are Carrie Lam, who was formerly Hong Kong’s number two official, Regina Ip, another former senior official, and Woo Kwok-hing, a former judge....
...Rupert Everett puts in a great performance as the crazed old composer Antonio Salieri, recalling his all-consuming jealousy for his young rival Mozart....
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