A slew of both supportive and hateful online comments over Hong Kong pop singer Keung To’s recent fall into the sea reflects divided public opinion and the social media pressures young stars face, a psychiatrist and a cultural commentator have said. Experts who spoke to the Post said social media was a “double-edged sword” that…
Hong Kong’s social enterprises empowering vulnerable communities are struggling to survive amid a dire economy. In the second part of this two-part series, the Post looks at how a profitable social enterprise was driven out of business by the government despite its earlier recognition and contributions to the community. You can read the first instalment…
Hong Kong’s return to the top three in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook is more than a statistical milestone; it is a testament to the collective efforts of our entire society. Our government, business, academia and civil society have all played a part in restoring confidence, stability and ambition. This resurgence has not come easily,…
A private primary school that offers an international curriculum in Hong Kong has abruptly announced its closure at the end of July, leaving some parents anxious about whether they can get back their debenture worth about HK$200,000 (US$25,500) as promised. A check by the Post on Saturday found that the website of Think International School,…
China still lags behind the US in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, but the country is rapidly catching up in algorithms amid an intense technological race between the world’s two largest economies, according to renowned computer scientist Harry Shum Heung-yeung. AI competition encompassed three key aspects: chips, algorithms, and applications – and the US was “clearly”…
Hong Kong has long been known as an international financial hub where fortunes are made in office towers that form the city’s iconic skyline. Its free-market economy has given rise to some of Asia’s wealthiest and most powerful families and firms. But beneath the glitz and glamour lies a sobering level of inequality. Some people…
Hong Kong’s restaurant industry is expecting the wave of business closures to continue into the second half of the year with little hope for a quick turnaround, following a string of shutdowns of well-established chains in the city. “We are worried about the overall situation in the second half of the year,” Simon Wong Ka-wo,…
Hong Kong should develop new markets in Africa and South America as it faces obstacles in its traditional ones in Europe and North America, the head of the city’s trade promotion body has said. Trade Development Council chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang also said on Saturday that the city had to increase the size of its…
Hong Kong’s development minister has suggested that local developers join hands with their mainland Chinese counterparts to take part in the Northern Metropolis border town megaproject using a new approach. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Saturday that the government was studying proposals submitted by various developers and aimed to put one or…
Officials from Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong were “angered” by a young district councillor’s brief attempt to compete in a beauty pageant and cautioned her political party over it, according to sources who viewed her move as falling short of the expected conduct of a public officeholder. The Post also learned that the Democratic…