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Taxis queue up to pick up passengers at Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok on February 19. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong society

Opinion | No way should Hong Kong bail out taxi licence holders

Their cause was lost the moment they treated a public transport permit as a tradeable asset. Government is right to focus on public interest.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Silver economy far from enough for rapidly ageing Hong Kong

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong must end its ‘tale of two cities’ to thrive

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can shake off stagnant growth

As the world enters an era defined by technology, innovation and scale, Hong Kong must channel its ambitions into a few high-impact areas.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Illustration: Craig Stephens
United States

Opinion | Trump’s attacks on pillars of US society: reform or score settling?

US and Hong Kong experiences show societies must continually balance value of constructive criticism with need for institutional stability.

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Hong Kong society

Just Saying | Tired of Timothée Chalamet

An unsympathetic look at the closure of Hong Kong’s cinemas and a personal complaint about an overdose of one particular actor.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | To achieve its AI ambition, Hong Kong must start investing in schools

To address the lack of teaching resources, start by setting up a few AI ‘leading schools’, then scale up AI education across the system.

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Primary school students interact with AI robot dog Spot at the Learning & Teaching Expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on December 11 last year. Photo: Nora Tam
Primary school students interact with AI robot dog Spot at the Learning & Teaching Expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on December 11 last year. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Why Hong Kong is not ‘over’ but must adapt to a changing world order

The city has come to the end of its post-war growth trajectory and must lean on its strengths to find its place in the world.

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Hong Kong economy

The View | Hibor plunge a bigger deal for stock market than Hong Kong’s property sector

The decline in the city’s interbank offered rates should be good news for the real estate sector but its underlying problems remain acute.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Government is making all the wrong noises about Fanling water scare

In handling a freshwater contamination scare, officials have shown a lack of understanding on a human-to-human level.

Residents of Queens Hill Estate in Fanling collect drinking water from tanks provided by the Water Supplies Department on June 2, after black specks were found in tap water. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | With stablecoin law, Hong Kong is reasserting its financial supremacy

While rivals like Singapore hedge their regulatory bets, Hong Kong is betting that institutional investors value clarity and transparency.

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Hong Kong’s new stablecoin regulation plugs into the broader digital infrastructure the city has quietly built. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong’s new stablecoin regulation plugs into the broader digital infrastructure the city has quietly built. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s co-hosting of National Games is about much more than sport

It’s also a chance to display Greater Bay Area cooperation and a powerful lesson in civic pride for Hong Kong youth.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Get elderly housing right and Hong Kong’s silver economy can take off

To support the latest measures, the right infrastructure must be in place, starting from housing and community support.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Opinion | Cooperation the only way to avert Hong Kong’s healthcare cost crisis

Healthcare in Hong Kong should operate as a true system rather than as an inefficient, disaggregated environment with competing stakeholders.

People wait in a queue for medicine at the pharmacy in Kwong Wah Hospital on March 24. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong must reform its degree offerings to attract West’s brightest

Universities must evolve and burnish their offerings in the latest disciplines, from AI to cybersecurity, as US crackdowns send more to the East.

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University of Hong Kong students work on a groundbreaking diamond membrane technology on December 19, paving the way for its mass production and widespread use in electronics. Photo: Holly Chik
University of Hong Kong students work on a groundbreaking diamond membrane technology on December 19, paving the way for its mass production and widespread use in electronics. Photo: Holly Chik
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Why all in Hong Kong, even the opposition, should support mediation body playing

Trust in mediation depends on strong governance, and Hong Kong’s role in this domain must be reinforced through institutional integrity.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong needs ‘burning’ government urgency on ticket scalping too

The chief executive feels a ‘burning urgency’ to develop the Northern Metropolis. How about tackling some perennial problems as well?

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong private firms walking in the right direction

An initiative that will see companies build 10 pedestrian links in bustling areas in exchange for waivers on land premiums is a positive step.

Two Queensway Bridge in Admiralty opened in late April to connect Pacific Place, Harcourt Garden, Admiralty MTR station, government headquarters and commercial buildings. Photo: Eugene Lee
Two Queensway Bridge in Admiralty opened in late April to connect Pacific Place, Harcourt Garden, Admiralty MTR station, government headquarters and commercial buildings. Photo: Eugene Lee
Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong can benefit from Donald Trump’s crackdown on foreign students

The United States is closing the door on the global talents that the city is striving to tap with its ‘Study in Hong Kong’ brand.

Hong Kong society

My Take | Top football clubs need to repay Asian fans with value for money

The visiting teams have a duty to respect and not take for granted their supporters who welcome any opportunity to see them play in the flesh.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Forget tourist fads. Let’s better preserve, promote Hong Kong heritage

Government needs to think twice about demolitions and work with NGOs and professional institutes to highlight historic buildings and sites.

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Hong Kong economy

Outside In | Mark Twain was wrong. Travel is not as fatal to prejudice as hoped

For every traveller open to learning from our differences, there is another impregnably confident in the superiority of his or her culture.

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Foreign tourists relax on Kuta Beach on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in November 2023. Photo: AFP
Foreign tourists relax on Kuta Beach on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in November 2023. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s university freedom key to China’s global education power goal playing

Universities’ freedom to think, teach and publish independently must remain non-negotiable and Beijing must make its stance clear.

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Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong cements its status as an international mediation centre

The International Organisation for Mediation will consolidate Hong Kong’s appeal as a dispute resolution hub.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s Harvard blow hits the very freedoms vital to US success

America’s competitive edge depends on its campuses remaining centres of innovation and debate, free to embrace new ideas and diversity.

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People hold up signs during a Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students on the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts on May 27. Photo: AFP
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