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Global wind farm growth goes into reverse, except in China: new study

THE EFFORTS OF a single country are keeping the world's wind-power farms in growth mode, new data reveals. Without China, "wind farm installations may actually fall slightly this year," BloombergNEF reported yesterday. More than 130 nations last year agreed to triple clean power capacity by the end of the decade, but China is one of…

October 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong sets sights on health and medical innovation hub

Hong Kong’s health authorities have set their sights to revamp incumbent mechanism of registering new medicine and medical devices, transforming Hong Kong into a global health and medical innovation hub. Delivering a keynote speech on the second day of HKBIO 2024 conference, Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said the city has strived to become an…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Shanghai’s Fudan University strives to enhance biotech innovation and groom talents

Shanghai-based Fudan University has accelerated its efforts on biotech scientific exploration and decoding of life sciences to enhance precision medicine and healthcare management, as well as grooming more top-notch talents. Delivering a keynote speech on the closing day of the BIOHK 2024 conference, Fudan University’s President Jin Li (金力校長) said that the institution has been…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Biotech enterprises and start-ups thrive in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's government has accentuated support to the research and development (R&D) in life and health technology and fostered more businesses and start-ups from around the world to invest in the city. Speaking to biotech firms and venture capitals’ top management, executives and investors on the third day of BIOHK 2024 conference, Dr Cathy Lui…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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China has quietly launched the world’s biggest innovation contest

THE NEXT EDISON (or Elon) may well be in China this week. The world's largest competition for young inventors has been underway in the country—and came to a climax last night (Tuesday 15 Oct 2024). Hundreds of finalists were in Shanghai for the finals of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition. It's a big…

October 15, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

HONG KONG CAN embrace tourism and entertainment activities with mega-sized sports events to woo more global tourist arrivals amid the grand opening of the Kai Tak Sports Park, and the co-hosting of the 2025 National Games, the sports sector’s leaders and think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation said last week. The Kai Tak Sports Park…

October 14, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

The journey taken by the prosecution relating to a famous illegal march in August 2019 has been bizarre, reports Henry Litton. THE FINAL DETERMINATION in the Court of Final Appeal ( CFA ) of the case arising from the so-called “818 Procession” is both bizarre and disturbing. The case was founded on hard facts and clear criminality, yet…

October 2, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

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Hong Kong emerging as a global biotech hub

HONG KONG IS WELL-POSITIONED to develop a vibrant and international biotech hub with its world-class universities, advanced research and development facilities and an exemplary ecosystem. Policymakers, experts, academics, top enterprises' executives, capital investors and others in biotech industry were seen at the BIOHK2024 convention, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on September…

September 26, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Virtual HK tour’s remarkable effect on Alzheimer patients

In a really effective "roll down memory lane", a treatment that features a cycling trip around virtual 3D Hong Kong measurably improves three out of four Alzheimer’s patients. James Ockenden reports. A MAINLAND SCIENTIST'S unique Alzheimer’s Disease intervention therapy in Hong Kong is claiming remarkable results, with three out of four patients showing improvement…

September 24, 20240Comments ByJames Ockenden

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EXCLUSIVE: Photo of ‘China spy meeting’ is a still from a Hong Kong movie!

AN IMAGE PRESENTED yesterday as evidence that a China-friendly Canadian met "triad leaders" is actually a scene from a Hong Kong movie, we can reveal today. The picture of people at a table in Macau [see upper image] was published in a media report yesterday as a "casino security clip" showing Hong Kong-based security…

September 5, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Global wind farm growth goes into reverse, except in China: new study

Hong Kong sets sights on health and medical innovation hub

Shanghai’s Fudan University strives to enhance biotech innovation and groom talents

Biotech enterprises and start-ups thrive in Hong Kong

China has quietly launched the world’s biggest innovation contest

Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

Hong Kong emerging as a global biotech hub

Virtual HK tour’s remarkable effect on Alzheimer patients

EXCLUSIVE: Photo of ‘China spy meeting’ is a still from a Hong Kong movie!

Starmer meets Xi today, hopes to rebuild UK’s relationship

Treasures from 800-year-old sunken vessel exhibited in Hong Kong

At the Great Wall, I learned how the Chinese dealt with their enemies