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Check out these exciting developments planned for Hong Kong’s next five years

[Image above by HKTB] New towns, new institutions, new ventures in technology, culture, finance, education and tourism: There was a wealth of plans revealed in Hong Kong in recent days. Prof Herman Hu reviews the Five-Year Plan and the Policy Address. WHY IS PLANNING IMPORTANT? Because “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”…

2 days ago0Comments ByHerman Hu

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Tung Chee-hwa: Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader served his people well

Hong Kong is mourning the loss of Tung Chee-hwa, the bridge-building first post-colonial leader of the city. Prof Herman Hu recalls the man and his achievements, which were many THE LATE TUNG CHEE-HWA and my late father, Mr. Hu Fa-kwong, were lifelong friends bound by their shared Shanghainese heritage. Our families gathered regularly, giving me…

September 14, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science cluster again last night beat Silicon Valley to be declared the world’s top innovation hub. Scientists in the south China cities filed 2,259 patent applications, published 4,060 scientific articles and had 138 venture capital deals per 1 million inhabitants over the last five years, said the World Intellectual Property Organization, a…

September 8, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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City of the future: Hong Kong is just about to go through a transformation

Almost a third of Hong Kong's land will be blended into an extraordinary plan for a new super-city. It's huge: the size of the UK's Birmingham, or Kansas City in the US. Prof Herman Hu says that Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis can take inspiration from Xiong'an, the "city of the future" being built south…

July 30, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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Art and science of Chinese calligraphy

SCIENTISTS WARN that the dramatic disappearance of handwriting in the modern world will have a negative effect on the human brain—but not in China. For the Chinese, the art and science of handwriting is alive and well--and not just as a way of communicating information, but as a standard skill that every young person learns—and…

July 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Extraordinary program gently turns arrested ‘insurgents’ into citizens who don’t re-offend

More than 1,000 young people lured into violence in the 2019 civil unrest have joined a rehabilitation program involving visits to the Chinese mainland - and the results are extraordinary. The program has an incredibly low re-offending rate of just 0.4 per cent, compared to Hong Kong’s overall 22.4 per cent rate. James Ockenden reports…

May 19, 20260Comments ByJames Ockenden

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Is Hong Kong one of the world’s most engaging cities – or a spooky-dooky police state?

The contrast between joyful, buzzy Hong Kong, and its absurdly grim image overseas is startling - especially in the light of the brutal restrictions on free speech emerging in numerous western countries. Richard Cullen reports. THE RUGBY SEVENS, a combined sports tournament and a huge international party, is underway in front of massive crowds at…

May 1, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Hong Kong stays top of financial world

HONG KONG STAYED AHEAD of the US as the world’s top spot for share market launches, new data showed yesterday. In just three months ending yesterday, 37 companies raised US$13.26 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange, LSEG Data and Analytics of London revealed. This puts the southern Chinese city number one in the world…

April 1, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Idea: Existing tech can be used to ease Hong Kongers’ time spent in Chinese mainland

The ‘iAM Smart’ platform, which serves as a real-name database, can be used to make it easier for Hong Kong people to spend time in the Chinese Mainland PROMINENT HONG KONG businessman Herman Hu Shao-ming last week suggested that the city’s “iAM Smart” ID-card linked real name database could be integrated with the national-level identity…

March 19, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong can ‘integrate more deeply’ with growing mainland economy

ONE OF CHINA’S top leaders called on Hong Kong to become more deeply involved with the Chinese Mainland’s steady program of economic development. The financial city on the south coast of the country could “better integrate into national development”, said Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang, during the Two Sessions—an annual government meeting in Beijing. This could certainly…

March 9, 20260Comments ByFriday Writers