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Tammy Tam
Tammy Tam
Hong Kong
Editor-in-Chief
Tammy Tam is the South China Morning Post's Editor-in-Chief and is responsible for the overall editorial direction, strategic development and leading the Post's newsroom operations for both its print and digital platforms. Tammy is the Chairperson of the Hong Kong News Executives' Association, and Vice-Chairwoman of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong. She was a board member of the Media Communications Training Board, the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council, which is dedicated to training talents in the media industry, from 2017 to 2023. Prior to joining the Post, Tammy spent 20 years in the television industry in leadership roles managing editorial teams and bureaus and corporate development strategies.

Fast-changing Saudi Arabia is eager for foreign capital, including from Hong Kong. The city should now reach out to its citizens in the Middle East who have the connections and know-how to build trust and spur investments.

Hong Kong’s unique advantages including stronger international connectivity, greater conveniences and many freedoms are the envy of other cities but it can’t rest on its laurels.

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Last year was one of the city’s worst, but Hong Kong also received assurances that ‘one country, two systems’ had no expiry date, as well as witnessing a massive rollback of Covid-19 restrictions across China.

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This year, World News Day champions journalists who serve communities, those who go above and beyond. The Post’s coverage of Hong Kong’s housing crisis helps to tell the stories of the city’s poorest, so they can be heard and seen.

While Hong Kong must operate as part of the nation, its high degree of autonomy also offers the chance to show the mainland what responses to the pandemic work.

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Unique governing formula will mean ‘stick’ as well as ‘carrot’ if Beijing’s sovereignty is not recognised, but the telling story of Hong Kong is that one country, or ‘one China’ prevails, like it or not.

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State media has denied any Chinese version of a Robin Hood-style approach to wealth inequality, but message to city is loud and clear: it cannot rely on real estate to be its engine for future development.

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The HK$7.5 million awarded to fencer Edgar Cheung for bringing home the city’s first gold in 25 years may seem like a princely sum, but even modestly sized flats can go for much more.

Promotion of tough security officials to the top of government reflects Beijing’s determination to transform civil service culture from political neutrality to patriotism.

New bill ensuring only ‘patriots’ govern Hong Kong effectively signals an end to big business’ influence in shaping policies, but it does not mean a quick fix for deep-rooted livelihood issues, particularly the city’s housing problem.

In recent days, city leader Carrie Lam’s administration has had to make two major policy reversals that could have been avoided. Now, it needs to reflect on how to grow out of its habitual Hong Kong-centric thinking.