Debate has intensified over whether Hong Kong should lift its restrictions on Japanese seafood imports after tests of seawater conducted by mainland China from near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant indicated marine life was not being harmed. The results came from samples collected last October when Chinese scientists were given access under international…
Hong Kong’s Audit Commission has vowed to step up its scrutiny of expenses incurred by government-backed institutions and social welfare groups to stop staff from “seeking personal gain”, after finding an executive overspent on business travel. Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, director of the commission, on Sunday addressed its latest report which revealed the then CEO of…
A top executive in Hong Kong for insurance firm Manulife has lashed out at his employer for its “clinically dumb” underwriting policies for people with autism, such as his son. Damien Green, chairman of Manulife Financial Asia, slammed the company in a social media post on Tuesday, while members of the neurodiverse community told the…
An investigation of a top China executive from British-Swedish company AstraZeneca – and the lack of transparency surrounding the case – is set to deal another blow to foreign business confidence in the country, according to observers. AstraZeneca, the largest foreign pharmaceutical company in China, said on Wednesday that its China president, Leon Wang, was…
Be it performance pledges or key performance indicators (KPIs), successive governments have sought to improve governance via different means over the years. While these are positive steps to enhance transparency and accountability, the public is not necessarily best-served by merely adhering to numbers and indicators. Just as important is to foster a culture of going…