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A student from a Hong Kong school demonstrates his team’s “smart disaster-prevention glasses”, an AI-powered system that maps escape routes during a fire, after the project won gold at the 8th Greater Bay Area Digital STEAM competition, on August 21. Hong Kong’s chief executive has announced that the city will develop an integrated management system that links and consolidates relevant big data of departments with city governance matters. Photo: Dickson Lee
John Lee policy address 2026

Letters | Hong Kong need not build its ‘AI City Brain’ from scratch

Readers discuss the government’s plan to use artificial intelligence, and the death of a boarding school student from Hong Kong in the UK.

Middle East

Letters | Why Lebanon is crucial to Iran’s negotiations with the US

US-China relations

Letters | Core message of the Trump-Xi summit couldn’t be clearer

Hong Kong economy

Letters | As youth lose jobs to AI, Hong Kong must act

Readers discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on Hong Kong’s labour market, and preventing teen suicides.

Jobseekers attend the “New Horizons Job Fair” organised by the Labour Department at MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok on March 12. Photo: Karma Lo
Jobseekers attend the “New Horizons Job Fair” organised by the Labour Department at MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok on March 12. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong economy

Letters | Is Hong Kong efficient enough to deploy long-term mainland Chinese capital?

Readers discuss the role Hong Kong can play as the national pension fund diversifies its asset allocation, how ordinary Hongkongers can contribute to poverty alleviation, and flight costs.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Trevor Noah shows underline need for action in Hong Kong on scalping

Readers discuss the growing problem of bot-driven ticket scalpers, the chief executive’s policy address, and a disagreement over Mark Six winnings.

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Northern Metropolis

Letters | Make the Northern Metropolis Hong Kong’s zero-carbon test bed

Readers discuss a zero-carbon mandate for the Northern Metropolis, and the complex reasons Chinese students move and stay overseas.

An aerial view of the Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster site in the New Territories on September 23. The Northern Metropolis is a rare chance to design a new urban and industrial system from the ground up. Hong Kong should not build a 20th century industrial estate and market it as 21st century innovation. Photo: Elson Li
An aerial view of the Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster site in the New Territories on September 23. The Northern Metropolis is a rare chance to design a new urban and industrial system from the ground up. Hong Kong should not build a 20th century industrial estate and market it as 21st century innovation. Photo: Elson Li
Artificial intelligence

Letters | Hong Kong must grapple with water implications of AI race

Readers discuss water security as economies pursue artificial intelligence development, and the importance of courts taking into account defendants’ backgrounds.

Mental health

Letters | Hong Kong’s mental health narrative must instil a sense of hope

Readers discuss how the chief executive positioned mental health in his policy address, and the suggestion that Hong Kong should import New York’s drug court model.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | What Hong Kong educators can learn from Yidan Prize winners

Readers discuss the foundations that help a child arrive ready to learn, a key moment in a Hong Kong school’s history, and the value of Hongkong Post.

A group of kindergarten students queue up to board a bus for a school field trip, guided by their teacher, outside the Hong Kong Space Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui on May 19. Photo: Jelly Tse
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Letters | On English usage, the Trump effect needn’t be the last word

Readers discuss the ‘dumbing down’ of spoken English attributed to the US president, and how teachers can engage with today’s digitally savvy students.

US President Donald Trump gestures on stage at the Republican national mid-term convention in Dallas, Texas, on September 10. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump gestures on stage at the Republican national mid-term convention in Dallas, Texas, on September 10. Photo: Reuters
China society

Letters | Why a Chinese farmer’s reunion with a US teacher moved me to tears

Readers discuss an American’s return to a part of China he helped transform, and how the country is taking climate change seriously.

Northern Metropolis

Letters | Northern Metropolis can offer a clean slate for educational innovation

Readers discuss the planned education hub near the city’s northern border, and smart traffic management systems.

Brics

Letters | What Brics wants: a non-Western, not an anti-Western, world

Readers discuss the recent Brics summit, and former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa’s time in office.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping plant saplings during the Brics Summit in New Delhi, India, on September 12. Photo: India’s Press Information Bureau
Northern Metropolis

Letters | How Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis should be judged

Readers discuss the mega-project being developed at the city’s northern border, and how Asian nations can ensure diversity thrives.

An aerial view of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Northern Metropolis on September 14. Photo: Karma Lo
An aerial view of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Northern Metropolis on September 14. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong children

Letters | Hong Kong must put child safety on the development agenda

Readers discuss the danger of child sexual exploitation shifting online, and the Hong Kong dollar peg.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong’s universities must avoid ‘easy entry, guaranteed pass’ model

Readers discuss the need to ensure academic rigour in tertiary education, and university orientation camps.

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Hong Kong housing

Letters | Ensuring building safety in Hong Kong an uphill struggle

Readers discuss efforts to reduce shoddy work in building renovation, signs on expressways, and classic Hong Kong comedy films.

An old residential building in San Po Kong on September 19, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
An old residential building in San Po Kong on September 19, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Social media

Letters | Let’s protect Hong Kong’s children from social media ourselves

Readers discuss how the city should shield children from social media’s harmful effects, and the public healthcare system.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Hong Kong has changed. So should its marketing message

Readers discuss the city’s evolving appeal, unleashed dogs in public places, and former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa.

Suicides in Hong Kong

Letters | Suicide prevention in Hong Kong: let’s normalise reaching out for help

Readers discuss how the community can work together to prevent suicides, sentencing in cases of sex crimes, and responsible pet ownership.

People lay flowers outside a building in Taikoo Shing, where a 48-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter fell from the same flat hours apart on June 10 after a reported argument over studies, raising concerns over the city's level of mental support. Photo: Sun Yeung
Belt and Road Initiative

Letters | Belt and Road Initiative is more than a trade and investment platform

Readers discuss how far the belt and road framework has come, the use of AI in official translations, and the start of the school year.

A Chinese communication engineer guides a Kenyan staff member on backup power replacement for the communication system at Mtito Andei station on the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya on July 23. The railway is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiaitve. Photo: Xinhua
A Chinese communication engineer guides a Kenyan staff member on backup power replacement for the communication system at Mtito Andei station on the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya on July 23. The railway is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiaitve. Photo: Xinhua
Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Why Hong Kong’s medical schools should phase in their Cantonese requirement

Readers discuss language prerequisites at the city’s medical schools, and the promise of AI.

Hong Kong culture

Letters | Are we preserving the Hong Kong tourists come here for?

Readers discuss the new tourism campaign, and construction schedules in an era of climate change.

Crime in Hong Kong

Letters | Bid-rigging isn’t new. Hong Kong must revisit old complaints

Readers discuss reforms to the system around building renovation projects, and a lesson from Zhu Rongji’s life.

Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on December 16, 2025, after a fatal blaze broke out. Why did it take a tragedy for the authorities to crack down on bid-rigging for building renovation projects? Photo: Sam Tsang
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