{"id":83104,"date":"2016-02-26T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=83104"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:49:51","slug":"tsang-strikes-balance-in-budget-mong-kok-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-strikes-balance-in-budget-mong-kok-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsang strikes balance in Budget, Mong Kok unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; Tsang strikes balance in Budget, Mong Kok unrest &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>How to find a balance in the Hong Kong society in times of growing conflicts and hostilities in the political and socio-economic landscape has been likened as mission impossible.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2016-17 Budget delivered on Wednesday, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah has shown wisdom and courage in making an attempt to do so, addressing a host of divisive issues including the Mong Kok disturbances and localism. Arguably, he has silenced pessimists, making a case that an impossible task could be made possible.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the city&#8217;s massive reserve, Tsang can afford the generosity in pleasing most, if not all.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a balance in redistribution of wealth when wealth is not in shortage is perhaps the easier part of the Budget. Indeed, he could have already done his job if he has not waded into the non-Budget part of the Budget.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UaUaKyKrVp\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/02\/25\/tsang-strikes-balance-in-budget-mong-kok-unrest\/\">Tsang strikes balance in Budget, Mong Kok unrest<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/02\/25\/tsang-strikes-balance-in-budget-mong-kok-unrest\/embed\/#?secret=UaUaKyKrVp\" data-secret=\"UaUaKyKrVp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Tsang strikes balance in Budget, Mong Kok unrest&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; Tsang strikes bala<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":83105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[16490,476,2811,16707],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cy0226.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-lCo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87377,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-plays-see-why-word-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":83104,"position":0},"title":"Tsang plays &#8216;See Why&#8217; word game","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"April 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Y","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chris Yeung&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cy0412.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":84270,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lee-po-case-causes-more-harm-than-mong-kok-unrest\/","url_meta":{"origin":83104,"position":1},"title":"Lee Po case causes more harm than Mong Kok unrest","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Lee Po case cau","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\u5c08\u6b04&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\u5c08\u6b04","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PICBookstore1-777x437.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":100207,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-happy-lose-bet-ce-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":83104,"position":2},"title":"Tsang happy to lose bet on CE race","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"September 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Yeung \u2013 Contrary to the pan-democrats\u2019 pledge, outgoing Legislative Council President Tsang Yok-sing said he will put his money on a prediction that there will be a pan-democrat contesting the next chief executive election. 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