Tuesday 14th October 2014
Dear Reader,
NEW ARTICLE
Ignore the
argument, blame the foreigners
Is the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong really just a devious
foreign plot to undermine the future prosperity of China? (14-Oct-2014)
RECENTLY ON WEBB-SITE
Admiralty address
Here's the speech by Webb-site founder David Webb to the crowd in Admiralty last
night. (12-Oct-2014)
One HK, two possible
outcomes
HK's civic freedoms and lack of democracy are an
incompatible, unsustainable combination, which is why it is alone globally in
that quadrant of the grid of democracy and civic freedoms. Either we move to a
democratic open society, or we join mainland China and others with neither civic
freedoms nor democracy. The status quo, with recurrent protests against an
illegitimate and paralysed government, is not a viable option. (9-Oct-2014)
IN OTHER NEWS
Secret £4m payment to C Y Leung agreed to on same day rival bidder trumped UGL
offer
Sydney Morning Herald, 14-Oct-2014
From the archives:
DTZ's mystery bidder was China's Tianjin Innovative Financial
Telegraph, UK, 14-Jan-2012
DTZ rejected last-minute £48.8m takeover offer
Telegraph, UK, 6-Jan-2012
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