https://www.scmp.com/rss/323940/feed <p>Raymond Mak is a governor of the Path of Democracy think tank, also having represented the organisation to run for 2016 HKSAR Legislative Council election. Graduated from the University of Hong Kong (B.A. 2005 and MBA 2017), he was the HKU Students’ Union President and HKU Council member in 2003. After spending more than 10 years in the management consulting field, Raymond is now one of the founders of ATLIUS Group, providing advisory and run-the-organisation partnership to help the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Last week was a remarkable one for rare disease patients in Hong Kong, with the government announcing that the long-awaited spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug would be available in the city very soon. Last October, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met SMA patients and their parents outside her office and promised that her administration would do all it couls to table a sound solution for them. The government has also committed to improving health care support and services, especially... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135744/give-hope-rare-disease-patients-hong-kong-must-revamp-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135744/give-hope-rare-disease-patients-hong-kong-must-revamp-its?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:30:00 +0000 Three days before her policy address, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor promised to try to secure treatment for sufferers of rare diseases. That came after the pro-establishment camp launched a campaign for more resources for such patients. Over the past two years, patients suffering from two types of rare disease, spinocerebellar atrophy and tuberous sclerosis complex, are suspected to have taken their own lives because of their prolonged illness and a lack of affordable drugs. Government support for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2114851/sufferers-rare-diseases-hong-kong-need-more-support-least?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2114851/sufferers-rare-diseases-hong-kong-need-more-support-least?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:01:18 +0000 Since she won the chief executive election in late March, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been working to put together her new cabinet. With her governing style and stated policy direction, will she be able to shake off the label of “CY 2.0”, a moniker given by those who saw her as a hardline leader in the mould of incumbent Leung Chun-ying? Lam spent long years in the civil service and has a reputation for executing difficult policies. As a political appointee, she positioned herself as someone... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2094395/how-hong-kongs-new-leader-carrie-lam-can-show-she-not-cy-20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2094395/how-hong-kongs-new-leader-carrie-lam-can-show-she-not-cy-20?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 May 2017 08:54:14 +0000 One of the issues drawing the most attention in the chief executive election race is political reform. All three candidates have promised to mend the fissures in society if elected, and acknowledge that the relaunch of political reform is a contentious issue that they have to address as the city’s future leader. Favourable conditions are needed for this to happen, but how could the next leader create such conditions? In hindsight, the major reason for the failure of political reform was the lack... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2075857/can-any-hong-kongs-leadership-hopefuls-regain-trust-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2075857/can-any-hong-kongs-leadership-hopefuls-regain-trust-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:01:40 +0000 The candidates seeking to be Hong Kong’s next chief executive are gradually lining up. Given the current social and political challenges, gaps can be expected between campaign promises and what the winner eventually delivers. If the next chief executive is determined to mend fences, stabilise society, rebuild trust and gain public support, he or she needs to take a more practical and achievable route – devising and implementing policies to improve the economy and alleviate hardship for citizens.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2064886/hong-kongs-public-coffers-offer-golden-opportunity-chief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2064886/hong-kongs-public-coffers-offer-golden-opportunity-chief?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:03:28 +0000