Social Enterprise

Hong Kong tech start-ups need more active help

28 May 2013

Studying for his master's degree in 2008 at Stanford University, Daniel Cheng Yuen was struck by how fragmented information was when looking for campus club activities, which run into the...

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Make Asia's wealth work harder for its poor

20 Mar 2013

Six years ago, the term impact investing had yet to even be coined, much less developed into the viable opportunity for investors that it is today. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars have...

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Social enterprise funds should help avoid poverty, not just alleviate it

19 Nov 2012

Noteworthy in Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's recent announcement of the re-establishment of the Commission on Poverty is the inclusion of a task force to determine the terms of...

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Support innovators to take HK into future

19 Oct 2012

Last month Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor officiated at the opening of the Good Lab, the first co-working space for social entrepreneurs in Hong Kong.

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Social enterprises not limited to non-profit charitable projects

22 Sep 2012

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has suggested allocating HK$500 million from the Lotteries Fund to form a social enterprises development fund. Who will be eligible for this fund?

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Lending a helping hand can add value to an MBA

21 Jul 2012

It is encouraging to see local business schools lending a hand to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by providing free services that involve their undergraduates and MBA students.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Investment tips for the good of Hong Kong society

The Rio+20 conference witnessed the official launch of the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative, a network of researchers and practitioners working to shape public policies that create more...

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Social policy plays role in expansion of 'third sector'

Social enterprises are playing an increasingly important role in Taiwan. It's a trend that gained momentum as community consciousness and a self-help mentality took hold amid soaring unemployment...

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Niggling question lies at heart of moral snobbery

Government funding support should favour entrepreneurs who aspire to do good and do well.

Rachel Chan, convenor, Make a Difference award.

Letters to the editor,...

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We must encourage more for-profit companies to run social businesses

I read with interest two articles on social enterprises by Lana Lam in Postmagazine ('Down to business' November 27) and Jake van der Kamp's ('Faint scent of snobbery behind social enterprise...

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Social enterprises can help community to profit in dollars and moral sense

I refer to Jake van der Kamp's column ('Faint scent of snobbery behind social enterprises', November 29) where he once again accuses social enterprises of moral snobbery. Of course Jake is wrong...

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Faint scent of snobbery behind social enterprises

In 2006, the government set aside HK$150 million to fund social enterprises. But a short-sighted approach and poor planning have resulted in a less than admirable success rate ...

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