The Pulse：Subdivided flats in industrial building, government officials selling political proposal

A week and a half ago the police and the Buildings Department raided two units in an industrial building in Tsuen Wan containing 21 cubicle flats. Fifty tenants were evicted and made homeless. But with high property prices, no rent controls, and long queues for public housing, people with little money will really struggle to find a home for some time to come.
Britain’s been to the polls this week, and while the general election highlighted a degree of disillusion with party politics, and indeed with the very prospect of even bothering to vote Hongkongers are still hoping for a genuine chance of representative elections. Government officials have been taking to the streets to tell them that Beijing’s approved method for selecting Chief Executives is not as bad as it looks. But has the administration been overstepping the mark? On Wednesday, former Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Paul Shieh filed a lawsuit on behalf of a retired news photographer who is seeking a ban on the government’s radio and TV electoral reform propaganda.
Government committees. “Sugar and Spice and all things nice”? Well, not exactly. A new committee was set up in March with the aim of getting the public to consume less salt and sugar. Earlier in the week, I went to speak to the chairperson of the committee, Bernard Chan but, we didn’t confine our discussion to food consumption as he also had interesting things to say both about party politics and who may be able to run for the post of Chief Executive.