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Hongkongers deserve credit for getting through a tough 2024
If John Lee had hoped to rally people to rise to the challenge of 2025 in his New Year’s address, he should have learned from Xi Jinping’s focus on people.
6 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong can boost tourism by repositioning itself as gateway to Asia
3 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong housing
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How government plans to improve lot of Hongkongers in poor housing playing
2 Jan 2025 - 10:31AM
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Hong Kong must wake up to the beauty and potential of its waters
Well planned development of marine recreation can improve residents’ quality of life, promote sustainability and boost tourism.
1 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Kayakers explore basalt island in Hong Kong Geopark in 2016. Photo: Cameron Dueck
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Here’s hoping Hongkongers won’t have to risk their lives at work in 2025
Justice for workers who die on the job cannot be served unless obstacles to enhancing industrial safety are properly addressed and removed.
30 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong should focus on finding compelling uses for generative AI
Foundational tech is important but what people need and want will dictate the success or failure of generative AI and the return on investment.
30 Dec 2024 - 5:30AM
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Better after-death arrangements will spare our loved ones some grief
Less red tape would spare those who survive us some pain and confusion, as would setting out our wishes early and clearly.
29 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM
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Visitors look at miniature coffins at Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo and Conference at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on May 7. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Hong Kong, Macau can grow China’s appeal in age of US containment
For China to break out of a US-led containment, both cities have a pivotal role in building global connections and bridging divides.
29 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong offers anti-corruption example for many, including US, to follow
US missteps like Biden pardoning his son are a reminder to uphold the high standards Hong Kong and the ICAC have diligently worked to establish.
27 Dec 2024 - 10:18AM
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To connect Hong Kong with the world, we must go beyond the superficial
The city’s evolving and intriguing pop culture can be a great source of soft power if its creative economy is developed from the grass-roots.
26 Dec 2024 - 10:16AM
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What Hong Kong’s 2023 waste data tells us, and what it doesn’t
The good news of less waste generated is tempered by the lack of clarity on plastic waste statistics and officials’ mistaken faith in incineration as a solution.
25 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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Greenpeace campaigners calling for a cut in plastic production at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on October 19. Its survey found that 97 per cent of the waste collected from two ecologically important riverbanks is plastic. Photo: Dickson Lee
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True Hong Kong service won’t be found in an order-it-yourself app
From QR codes to place an order in restaurants to self-service checkouts, cold tech is taking away the warmth of proper service.
25 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Weakest link in Hong Kong’s tech ecosystem? Scale-up funding
With venture capital and IPO growth weak globally, start-ups should aggressively seek international commercialisation, leverage marketing strategies and connect with power players overseas.
24 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong needs these laws to close child protection loopholes
Despite recent legislation on mandatory reporting of abuse, children still need stronger protection from psychological harm and sexual grooming, and stronger deterrence against neglect.
24 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong’s new culture push will fail without fixing old problems
Expectations are high. Addressing the lack of appropriately sized venues is essential to realising city’s hopes of becoming an arts and culture hub.
22 Dec 2024 - 6:04PM
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Exterior of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre in Kowloon Bay on October 12. Photo: Edmond So
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Reform the only answer to securing Hong Kong’s prosperous future
City must put its past successes behind it and focus on structural changes to facilitate healthy government intervention, mainland integration and AI development.
22 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Kai Tak shows how sports infrastructure can lift neighbourhoods
Years after its iconic airport closed, the new stadium and community spaces will bring buzz and a renewed sense of purpose to the area.
21 Dec 2024 - 10:56AM
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Opportunities ahead for Hong Kong as increase in visitors brings cheer
Influx of arrivals from mainland China following visa scheme shake-up calls for innovative moves that will keep them coming to Hong Kong.
17 Dec 2024 - 7:30AM
Tourists visit the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Photo: Jelly Tse
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The problem with Hong Kong officials’ rising salaries
We are facing bleak times, and the government has a perception problem. Will top officials take a pay cut, as previous administrations did?
16 Dec 2024 - 10:18AM
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Bond sale shortfall, ballooning deficit early warning signs for Hong Kong
The weak response to a government bond sale and deficit woes should spur leaders into urgent, resolute action.
15 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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Low-altitude economy
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Hong Kong should look before it leaps into low-altitude economy
We must not start spending taxpayers’ money until we know what we truly need from the low-altitude economy and the goals we intend to achieve.
14 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
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Alice Wu
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Hongkongers deserve credit for getting through a tough 2024
6 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Christopher Tang
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Hong Kong can boost tourism by repositioning itself as gateway to Asia
3 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Winnie Ho Wing-yin
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How government plans to improve lot of Hongkongers in poor housing playing
2 Jan 2025 - 10:31AM
Timothy J. Peirson-Smith
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Hong Kong must wake up to the beauty and potential of its waters
1 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
Alice Wu
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Here’s hoping Hongkongers won’t have to risk their lives at work in 2025
30 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
Kai-Lung Hui
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Hong Kong should focus on finding compelling uses for generative AI
30 Dec 2024 - 5:30AM
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