As a number of economic initiatives mark significant anniversaries, it is worth looking back on the development strategy of a previous era.
With strong backing from the mainland, the city has a good chance to host the event and boost its global profile in the process.
13 Jul 2025 - 1:15PM videocam
The promised regulation could finally make Uber and similar operations part of the authorised transport network – or it could be another policy fudge.
29 Jun 2025 - 5:35PM videocam
John Lee’s invitation to Harvard’s students is a great start but let’s also open our doors to the university itself.
15 Jun 2025 - 5:30PM videocam
The city would do well to bring forward the draft of 2047 lease extension legislation and assuage the business community’s fears.
18 May 2025 - 4:30PM videocam
The city doesn’t need slogans with ephemeral lifespans but, instead, carefully thought-out long-term strategies.
US tariffs are bound to damage the city’s economy, including through potential job losses and further price rises.
20 Apr 2025 - 6:06PM videocam
The Sevens experience suggests Kai Tak Sports Park can be a draw for many more international sporting events.
7 Apr 2025 - 9:30AM videocam
As the city borrows money to fund development, it risks depleting its savings unless policymakers act decisively to find new sources of revenue.
Policy errors made by previous leaders need to be acknowledged, so the city can course-correct and achieve savings immediately.
If the project’s strategy is sound, economic development will come in time. Meanwhile, taxpayers will carry the financial load.
23 Feb 2025 - 5:29PM videocam
Hong Kong’s health system is creaking under an ageing population, and we must ask if it’s fair for non-residents to be treated like locals.
9 Feb 2025 - 4:30PM videocam
It has a great legal system, and the constant harping on security only creates a false impression of the city as a hotbed of dissension.
27 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM videocam
To get the city’s finances in order, officials must ask what could be cut to pursue attractive new proposals.
15 Jan 2025 - 5:06PM videocam
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 videocam
The weak response to a government bond sale and deficit woes should spur leaders into urgent, resolute action.
15 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM videocam
Could we send a brigade of transport planners, engineers and experts from Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation to help organise and run their systems?
1 Dec 2024 - 8:30PM videocam
Free societies might blanch at the thought of restricting media, but adults owe young people a duty of care when it comes to hard issues.
17 Nov 2024 - 6:13PM videocam
There is no justification for curbing the freedoms of thousands of young people who have not been found guilty of any offence following the 2019 unrest.
3 Nov 2024 - 4:30PM videocam
Action on subdivided flats, however modest, is welcome but the city’s reputation for very expensive and tiny flats remains a problem.
20 Oct 2024 - 4:30PM videocam
Even if the city doesn’t rise to being an ‘events capital’, the right focus can take its tourism economy to new heights.
6 Oct 2024 - 5:59PM videocam
The chief executive’s next policy address is best used to unify the city and address housing concerns while leaving geopolitics to Beijing.
22 Sep 2024 - 4:31PM videocam
Over the decades, I didn’t panic when my house was worth HK$5 million and I didn’t celebrate at HK$50 million. This concrete box is my home.
8 Sep 2024 - 4:30PM videocam
If Hong Kong is to return to pre-pandemic levels of tourism, it must go beyond pandas and seek out bona fide mega events.
25 Aug 2024 - 4:30PM videocam
The licensing overhaul sounds worthy of praise, but won’t win over the public if it’s just for vested interests and holding back Uber.
Many arriving mainlanders have the overseas exposure we need to maintain our cosmopolitan flavour and this is good – but not good enough.
28 Jul 2024 - 4:19PM videocam
Stop masking true scale of budget deficits with bond proceeds. Hongkongers are not stupid. They know the government must balance the books.
15 Jul 2024 - 9:30AM videocam
The government is building more flats for the future while offering temporary public housing and trying to improve conditions in subdivided flats.
30 Jun 2024 - 5:39PM videocam
The presence of foreign judges is a vital part of the appeal of doing business in Hong Kong. Why give up what makes us special?
16 Jun 2024 - 7:01PM videocam
Ideas for developing tourism on South Lantau have been bandied around for 40 years. Planners must now strike a balance between developing the area’s charms and preventing crowds from ruining it
2 Jun 2024 - 7:20PM videocam