As we celebrate another year of the official establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, it is time to reflect once more on how far the city has come since 1997. Indeed, as an Australian academic, scientist, and internationalist who has called Hong Kong home for more than 11 years, I have witnessed this…
Hong Kong is set to announce on Monday a new batch of “strategic enterprises” establishing a presence in the city, including several firms with market capitalisations of up to HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion), the finance chief has revealed. Writing in his weekly blog on Sunday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the new partners were…
Hong Kong will step up efforts to bolster its global standing and strengthen links between mainland China and the West, enabling the city to better serve as a ‘superconnector’ and ‘super value adder’ for the nation amid growing geopolitical complexities, the financial chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po wrote in his weekly blog…