Ken Chu

Ken Chu (LLD) is the chairman and CEO of Mission Hills Group with businesses in hospitality, leisure, entertainment, sports, wellness and education in China. Born in Hong Kong, he graduated from the Western University in Canada. He feels fortunate to have witnessed the success of China’s economic reform, and firmly believes Hong Kong will continue to be a leading global metropolis.

A man in Hong Kong looks across Deep Bay, at Shenzhen’s skyline. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s integration with the mainland is a two-way street

7 Nov 2018 - 7:45pm 5

Its scale may be unprecedented but we must continuously seek out-of-the-box solutions to the daunting challenges facing us, writes Ken Chu

Opinion

Rational debate needed on Lantau reclamation for our future

20 Oct 2018 - 9:30pm 22

Hong Kong is the world’s seventh-largest trading entity in goods. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion

How Hong Kong can help mainland China in its trade fight

5 Oct 2018 - 5:34pm 29

Events such as the multiple MTR Corp scandals have affected public confidence in the city’s government, which in the long run could undermine its political and social stability. The government must rebuild the people’s confidence in infrastructure projects – the sooner the better.

Opinion

Government and MTR Corp must wipe out public works blunders

18 Aug 2018 - 6:50pm 6

Award-winning set designer Tsang Man-tung at his studio in Fo Tan in April 2007. The government’s policy on revitalising old industrial buildings raised rents and pushed out many artists who had been drawn to the affordable rates for large spaces in industrial districts. Photo: Dustin Shum

Hong Kong

How industrial buildings could still harbour the arts

24 Jul 2018 - 12:15am

A technician from Hsoar Group debugs a robot in Rui'an city in Zhejiang province in January. If the Greater Bay Area aims to compete with Silicon Valley, it must attract tech talent from around China and oversaes. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong

How Hong Kong could serve the Greater Bay Area by attracting tech talent

16 Jun 2018 - 7:36pm 5

Hainan, often referred to as China’s Hawaii, is to be developed as a free-trade port. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion

Hong Kong and Hainan island must collaborate to grow together

12 May 2018 - 11:28pm 9

China's President Xi Jinping (left) and Donald Trump pictured at a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November 2017. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Opinion

Ball in Trump’s court as Xi champions free trade at Boao Forum

14 Apr 2018 - 11:59pm 17

A Shenzhen University student carries the torch of the 26th Summer Universiade, held in Shenzhen in 2011. Sporting events in the Greater Bay Area could help build camaraderie among youth. Photo: Xinhua

Insight & Opinion

Get young people involved to boost Greater Bay Area integration

14 Mar 2018 - 6:26pm

Pupils from Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School in Sha Tin attend a class on STEM and robotics in March last year. The school is one of several in Hong Kong to have introduced STEM education for primary school pupils. But apart from maths, no other STEM subject is mandatory in schools. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Insight & Opinion

Making STEM fun for children is vital for Hong Kong’s future

26 Feb 2018 - 5:27pm

Students try to break into the venue where a meeting of the University of Hong Kong Council was being held. Photo: Sam Tsang

Insight & Opinion

Volunteer work may save Hong Kong’s unruly students

4 Feb 2018 - 5:27pm 1

The number of visitors from Macau, Zhuhai and the western Pearl River Delta to Hong Kong is expected to grow. Illustration: Craig Stephens

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge a road to new opportunities

16 Jan 2018 - 7:50pm 5

Competitive swimmer Siobhan Haughey is welcomed at the Hong Kong International Airport upon her return from the World University Games in Taipei in August, where she won two gold medals. Photo: Dickson Lee

Insight & Opinion

When it comes to backing athletes, Hong Kong should raise its game

18 Dec 2017 - 9:26pm

Eric Tang charges his electric vehicle at a station in the Star Ferry car park in Central district. Most drivers in Hong Kong have to go to public car parks to recharge vehicles, and an insufficient number of such car parks means they often have trouble finding public charging stations. Photo: Dickson Lee

Insight & Opinion

Why Hong Kong should be encouraging the use of electric vehicles

3 Jul 2018 - 8:22pm 12

A customer scans an Alipay QR code to make a payment via a mobile phone in a market in Beijing in August. The mobile payment revolution is sweeping the globe because of its tremendous convenience. Photo: EPA

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong will embrace mobile payments – eventually

6 Nov 2017 - 8:07pm 5

A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Insight & Opinion

How West Kowloon arts hub can help Hong Kong win back its edge

27 Sep 2017 - 7:03pm 5

Sadly, Hong Kong’s “sandwich” class has suffered the effects of economic downturns over the years, without enjoying much in the way of social welfare or benefits. Illustration: Craig Stephens

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong’s ‘sandwich class’ deserve affordable housing, too

21 Sep 2017 - 7:10pm 5

Joggers out at night in Shanghai. It, like Hong Kong, is an international metropolis that needs talented people. Photo: AFP

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong still has the edge on Shanghai, but for how long?

30 Aug 2017 - 7:11pm 13

The skyline of Macau in May 2015. Over 60 per cent of Macau’s total area is reclaimed land, compared with just 6 per cent for Hong Kong, according to Our Hong Kong Foundation. Photo: AFP

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong should follow Singapore, Macau and reclaim more land

20 Aug 2017 - 5:55pm 7

Three robots battle it out for the soccer ball in Sydney on July 21, as Australia’s five-time world champions of robot soccer, the University of New South Wales’ Runswift team, heads to Nagoya, Japan for the RoboCup World Championships this month. Photo: AFP

Insight & Opinion

Will capitalism survive the robot invasion to come?

30 Jul 2017 - 5:18pm 3

Ken Chu says the Kai Tak venue will not only be a blessing for a city in dire need of state-of-the-art sports facilities, but can also boost its standing as a tourism destination

Insight & Opinion

Kai Tak park will mark Hong Kong as world-class sporting venue

16 Jul 2017 - 6:23pm 3

Heavy traffic on Gloucester Road in Wan Chai. In land-scarce Hong Kong, it may be difficult to increase our road capacity in core urban districts. Photo: Sam Tsang

Insight & Opinion

Decentralise HK’s business districts to ease congestion

27 Jun 2017 - 8:47pm 1

The Qianhai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub. Hong Kong has one distinct edge over rivals, its strategic location next to hi-tech Shenzhen and within the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Handout

Insight & Opinion

How HK can retain its competitive edge in the digital age

14 Jun 2017 - 8:02pm 2

Patients wait to be seen at Kwong Wah Hospital in Mong Kok, on January 20. Technology-aided accurate diagnosis and surgery may translate into fewer hospital visits and consultations. Photo: Edward Wong

Insight & Opinion

How technology and new blood can help Hong Kong’s doctors

30 May 2017 - 7:44pm

The M+ Pavilion, which opened in September last year, will host exhibitions curated by the new M+ museum for visual culture, in the run-up to the completion of the M+ building. Photo: Felix Wong

Insight & Opinion

Why we must all back the West Kowloon arts hub

29 Apr 2017 - 8:59pm 13

Ken Chu says among the many proposals put forward to solve Hong Kong’s housing crisis, a focus on subsidised housing and building on some country park land is the most practicable

Insight & Opinion

Workable solutions to Hong Kong dire housing situation

4 Apr 2017 - 9:02pm 46

Ken Chu says the city should rise to the challenge of regional integration with Guangdong and Macau, to become part of a bigger and more vibrant economy

Insight & Opinion

Can HK get fully behind a southern China megalopolis?

12 Mar 2017 - 5:36pm 4

Ken Chu says the city’s prosperity depends on how well it prepares for a changing world, and it will be well served by a government budget with an emphasis on nurturing talent and developing new industries

Insight & Opinion

Budget will keep Hong Kong focused on the future

24 Feb 2017 - 9:04am 1

Young students at the Fung Kai Liu Yun Sum Memorial School in Fanling, last June 15. Children in today’s Hong Kong are growing up in an entirely different environment and under a different kind of pressure from that faced by their parents. Photo: Sam Tsang

Insight & Opinion

HK’s next leader must have a vision for tomorrow’s youth

25 Jan 2017 - 5:54pm

If society, schools and parents do not see any opportunity and prospect in sports, they will not encourage children to take up sports or groom athletes for serious tournaments. Photo: David Wong

Insight & Opinion

Teach Hong Kong’s bookish children a love of sports

11 Nov 2016 - 6:45pm 1

Ken Chu disagrees with naysayers who believe Hong Kong is too far behind to catch up with innovation leaders. On the contrary, we have some comparative advantages and can build on them

Insight & Opinion

How Hong Kong’s young innovators can close the tech gap to global leaders

4 Oct 2016 - 8:19pm

Young Hong Kong entrepreneurs promote their ginseng products in Sheung Wan. Photo: Dickson Lee

Insight & Opinion

Young dreams deserve a boost as jobs dwindle in Hong Kong

21 Aug 2016 - 9:01am

Visitors take a selfie after the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai on June 16, 2016. Entertainment giant Disney opened a massive theme park in Shanghai on June 16, hoping to win over communist-ruled China's growing middle class with the ultimate US cultural export. / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Insight & Opinion

It’s not all about Disney: Hong Kong has a wealth of tourist attractions, and we must make the most of them

12 Jul 2016 - 6:50pm

A girl takes part in a workshop held as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Freespace Happening event. Photo: Nora Tam

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong needs to give its young artists a chance to shine

31 May 2016 - 4:00pm

<p>Ken Chu says the grand plans for much-needed housing and tourist facilities need to be handled sensitively to allay public concern and preserve our precious natural habitats</p>

Insight & Opinion

No question that Lantau Island should be developed – but we must tread carefully

12 Apr 2016 - 4:25pm 5

<p>Ken Chu says the city needs to learn why, today, more mainland Chinese prefer other destinations – and make the necessary improvements to its infrastructure, and attitude </p>

Insight & Opinion

Hong Kong should extend a warmer welcome to mainland visitors – or suffer a permanent decline in its tourism industry

28 Feb 2016 - 9:00am 14