HONG KONG: BEFORE THE OPEN, 20May2013

Timmy Tong quiet as a mouse; Civil servants want inflation linked pay; Better luck next time HKMEx; HKIA traffic healthy; To poison us better; Yanzhou capital raising. Here’s what you need to know.

Jasper Tsang: My way or the highway

From SCMP:

The Legislative Council president has sparked new controversy after he rejected pan-democrats ‘suggestion that any bid to end a filibuster should require two-thirds of lawmakers’ votes.

“Long Hair” threatens judicial review

Not everyone is so happy with Jasper Tsang Yok-sing’s tactics to defeat the filibuster. Oppositions parties vow legal action and more filibusters to until lawmakers debate Tsang’s tactics.

SCMP

HONG KONG: CLOSING WRAP, 14May2013

Finally They Vote

LEGCO president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing has been able to cut the hydra that was the filibuster, and bring the budget to a vote. The vote will happen later this evening.

SCMP

HONG KONG: CLOSING WRAP, 13May2013