PAGE 1: "Taiwan's invitation to Tsang seen as sign of improved ties"

According to a spokeswoman for the Chief Executive's Office, "During the meeting, the chief executive said (that) he hoped to visit Taiwan at an appropriate time during his tenure".

Implications/Analysis/Comments/Remarks: The key words are undoubtedly "at an appropriate time" which means with a pro-China administration in power in Taiwan. This should not be a surprise considering Donald Tsang's hawkish and unwavering (we can even say blind) loyalty to THE MAINLAND.

Democrats pounced quickly on the chief executive's latest move. According to Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho, "He will have to work according to constraints set by the central government".

Implications/Analysis/Comments/Remarks: Donald you can't be telling everyone else to have "Mainland Pride" and then do whatever you want (can you HONESTLY say that you gon on your duty visits, appear ultra-loyal and just listen?) That's such a big lie. You have to listen to Beijing now as well. There can be no more double standards.

According to Timothy Wong, Associate Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, "In what capacity should he visit? How should the Taiwan government receive him? Whom should he meet? If unnecessary controversy was sparked, it might bring about negative effects".

Implications/Analysis/Comments/Remarks: Donald Tsang simply doesn't care. There is no doubt that he will talk about democracy and how he is listening to Beijing about how to delay democracy for as long as possible in Hong Kong. There's no doubt that this will make him even more unpopular (it may push his popularity rating below 30 within a few months) and spark a massive outcry but he doesn't care about his popularity because Beijing won't force him out within his last 5-year term and perhaps controversy is exactly what Donald Tsang is looking for to promote his idea of "strong governance".

PAGE 3: "FCC (Foreign Correspondents' Club) reschedules talk by pro-Tibet activist, but Hong Kong entry is in doubt"

Headline Implication: Again Donald Tsang must be having a say in this

This involves Briton Kate Saunders.

According to FCC Vice-President Tom Mitchell, "We have already postponed (this talk) for three weeks after the Ministry (of Foreign Affairs) voiced its opposition. The three-week delay is unprecedented".

Saunders' talk, entitled "A Great Mountain Burned By Fire; Reflections on New Expressions and Dissent and the Crisis in Tibet" was originally scheduled for March 17 (St. Patrick's Day).

According to the Foreign Ministry's Office in Hong Kong, the central government "firmly opposes any Tibetan separatists (coming) to Hong Kong for any separatist activities".

Saunders replied that The Foreign Correspondents' Club wanted to "uncover" the situation in Tibet often "covered up" by Beijing "similar to the position taken by the Dalai Lama. WE HAVE NEVER CAMPAIGNED FOR TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE. I am really a monitor rather than an activist. I hope (that), being in Hong Kong, WHICH HAS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, I can come to Hong Kong and speak freely".

Implications/Analysis/Comments/Remarks: Donald Tsang surely had a say in this. China's clampdown on freedom of expression goes too far and is too strict BECAUSE IT STOPS BLOGGERS AND COMMON FOLKS FROM EXPRESSING THEIR OPINIONS AND WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS FROM DOING THEIR JOBS. THIS MUST CHANGE.