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The construction site of CK Asset’s Anderson Road project in Kwun Tong, which consists of six residential towers providing 2,926 flats, including about 1,000 starter homes. Three of the six blocks will be demolished and rebuilt due to problems with steel reinforcement. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Opinion | In Hong Kong, accountability must be more than a slogan

The Anderson Road, One Stanley and Queen Mary Hospital cases suggest that the city remains better at talking about accountability than ensuring it.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | In wealthy Hong Kong, people shouldn’t have to find happiness in hardship

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Hong Kong tourism

Opinion | How Hong Kong can hone its tourism edge for travellers to China

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Gold in Hong Kong

Opinion | The game changer in Hong Kong’s gold ambition? Shenzhen’s jewellery hub

Serving central banks and institutions is important but adding a vibrant gold wholesale and manufacturing centre would be an ace move.

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A Golden Ginkgo Tree crafted from nearly 40,000 grams of pure gold and standing 2.1 metres tall is displayed at Chow Tai Fook’s flagship store on Canton Road, Hong Kong, on April 26. Photo: Karma Lo
A Golden Ginkgo Tree crafted from nearly 40,000 grams of pure gold and standing 2.1 metres tall is displayed at Chow Tai Fook’s flagship store on Canton Road, Hong Kong, on April 26. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | If Hongkongers’ support for Legco is waning, it isn’t just lawmakers’ fault

Despite Legco having become more efficient, public perception of the legislature isn’t overwhelmingly positive. The administration’s approach hasn’t helped.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | Better protection needed as violent cryptocurrency robberies surge

A mature financial ecosystem must give cryptocurrency investors and their families credible ways to remain safe.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s AI city brain must be more than multilingual

A city brain that grasps communication which moves between languages is likelier to make good decisions as it centres how people live, work and interact.

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Chief Executive John Lee (left) inspects the operation of the Security Bureau’s Emergency Monitoring and Support Centre. Also pictured are Chief Secretary Eric Chan (first right) and Secretary for Security Chris Tang (second right). Photo: Handout
Chief Executive John Lee (left) inspects the operation of the Security Bureau’s Emergency Monitoring and Support Centre. Also pictured are Chief Secretary Eric Chan (first right) and Secretary for Security Chris Tang (second right). Photo: Handout
Gold in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s bridge of gold completes China’s yuan ambition

With Shanghai pricing the contracts and Hong Kong handling offshore vaulting, Beijing is building a gold-backed route to currency internationalisation.

Hong Kong housing

My Take | Hong Kong must scrap housing plan and preserve golf course

Court ruling shows building housing on the Old Course makes no sense as city strives to become a leading host of international sporting events.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | In Hong Kong, language policy can’t be separated from politics

The nation’s rise makes communicating in Mandarin practical. However, we should have room to respond to the evolving realities around us.

Students at the gate of Good Hope School in 2020. The school has clarified that Cantonese is not forbidden at the institution, after a backlash against since-withdrawn language guidelines for graduation videos. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Pets in Hong Kong

Opinion | To become a dog-friendly city, Hong Kong needs dog literacy

Education isn’t just for pet owners – it’s essential for anyone sharing public space, particularly after recent severe dog attacks.

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Illustration: Mario Rivera
Illustration: Mario Rivera
Hong Kong society

Just Saying | Hong Kong vs Singapore in tackling bad behaviour

It’s not a competition, but a comparison and a call for a spanking rather than caning.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Investing in Hong Kong’s mental health makes good economic sense

Mental well-being is more than a public health concern. Evidence shows investing in mental health generates robust economic returns.

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Tung Chee-hwa

Opinion | When Tung became Hong Kong’s first chief executive, there was no handbook

Hong Kong can pay tribute to Tung by bringing the same seriousness, patience and sense of common purpose to its next chapter of development.

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Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa at the Hong Kong Park Sports Centre polling station for a Legislative Council by-election on March 11, 2018. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s foreign carer scheme aims to get ahead of ageing city

The pilot scheme to bring in specially qualified carers will upset the market equilibrium, but the shake-up will be to Hong Kong’s benefit.

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A domestic helper assists an elderly person in a wheelchair in Causeway Bay on September 17. The city will introduce a pilot scheme next year to bring in foreign domestic carers to look after older residents as part of a broader package of measures announced in the policy address to deal with an ageing population. Photo: Karma Lo
A domestic helper assists an elderly person in a wheelchair in Causeway Bay on September 17. The city will introduce a pilot scheme next year to bring in foreign domestic carers to look after older residents as part of a broader package of measures announced in the policy address to deal with an ageing population. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Raising Hong Kong’s birth rate is an economic imperative

Economies competing in an AI-driven future will need more highly skilled workers, not fewer. Low fertility is not only a social challenge – it’s an economic threat.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem

After decades of lucrative land sales, can the city finally build a system in which the land itself creates economic value?

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Women and gender

Opinion | A Hong Kong professor’s sexist views have been laid bare. That’s good

Students speaking up against an academic’s reductionist analysis of love and marriage is a welcome sight – better yet if it sparks a broader, needed debate.

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Chinese University associate professor Terence Chong advised young women not to pursue a PhD, and instead invest in their looks, in a talk at a university event last week. Photo: Jelly Tse
Chinese University associate professor Terence Chong advised young women not to pursue a PhD, and instead invest in their looks, in a talk at a university event last week. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | To understand where Hong Kong is going, start with Tung Chee-hwa

To understand Tung is to understand the historical moment in which he stood; Hong Kong’s post-1997 journey started there.

Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

Opinion | How Hong Kong is remapping the future of higher education

A planned university town offers a chance to re-examine the very logic and model of Hong Kong’s higher education development.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong needs social science to help deliver on its 5-year plan

Universities and academics can contribute the evidence needed to turn these commitments into better decisions.

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Workers remove belongings from a demolition site in Kwu Tung on June 17 to make way for developments under the the Northern Metropolis plan. Urban policy research can bring future and existing residents’ expectations into planning and identify problems while there is still time to change course. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Opinion | The question Hong Kong charities must answer

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust’s impact report could help push the city’s NGOs towards a more serious culture of accountability.

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Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman Martin Liao attends the Jockey Club Community Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on April 19. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman Martin Liao attends the Jockey Club Community Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on April 19. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | Hong Kong lacks a climate narrative to unify its efforts

Hong Kong does not mention ‘climate change’ in its five-year plan, yet it already has many ingredients of climate leadership.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can keep the talking going when US-China officials don’t

Hong Kong can’t set the terms of the contest, but with Track 1.5 diplomacy, it can decide if it is the room in which competition is managed.

Hong Kong property

The View | Why a hawkish US Fed won’t derail Hong Kong’s property recovery

Higher interest rates may dampen momentum, but solid demand, improving sentiment and effective policy execution will prove more decisive.

People walk past a real estate agency in Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong on August 16. Photo: Karma Lo
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