https://www.scmp.com/rss/324600/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com HONG KONG’S TRANSFORMATION International leaders panel discussion: Hong Kong is the gateway for business opportunities and outbound investments Hong Kong people, businesses and government should count themselves members of the Greater Bay Area integration scheme for cities in the Pearl River Delta, and embrace what their mainland neighbours have to offer, panellists say. To ensure the city remains a key gateway linking China and the rest of the world, Hong Kong businesses should combine their... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098640/celebrating-hong-kongs-coming-age-special?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098640/celebrating-hong-kongs-coming-age-special?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:00:30 +0000 Hong Kong should strive for the title of Asia’s cultural hub as well as have the courage to break out of its comfort zone, according to panel members at the “Celebrating Hong Kong’s Coming of Age” conference organised by the South China Morning Post on Monday. Douglas Young, the co-founder and CEO of lifestyle products brand Goods of Desire, said he was optimistic about the city’s future and hoped Hong Kong could position itself as a cultural hub in Asia. “I wish for the future government to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098013/shape-and-keep-business-leaders-tell-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098013/shape-and-keep-business-leaders-tell-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2017 03:00:45 +0000 The academic tipped to be welfare minister in the next government has denied advocating a capital gains tax to help tackle the city’s growing wealth gap and says he only suggested society discuss the matter. Dr Law Chi-kwong’s remarks in a TV show on Sunday triggered a furious backlash in political and business arenas. Speaking at the South China Morning Post’s Celebrating Hong Kong’s Coming of Age conference on Monday, Law said: “I just want to clarify I am not favourable for anything called... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098014/hong-kong-academic-tipped-be-welfare-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098014/hong-kong-academic-tipped-be-welfare-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2017 02:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong should embrace what its mainland neighbours have to offer and do more to augment innovation and the adoption of new technology to ensure that it remains a key business gateway between China and the rest of the world, speakers at a South China Morning Post seminar said yesterday. People, businesses and government should have a mindset change, and catch up on new technology utilisation in industries ranging from finance to transportation, they told the forum titled “Celebrating Hong... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2097999/why-hong-kong-businesses-need-its-neighbours-soil-and-worms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2097999/why-hong-kong-businesses-need-its-neighbours-soil-and-worms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:00:15 +0000 Three heads of Hong Kong’s government – past, present and future – gave their full vote of confidence on Monday to the “one country, two systems” formula that guarantees the city’s freedoms, tracking its performance over the last two decades and promising its continued success. In a keynote speech at a seminar organised by the Post to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to Chinese sovereignty, incoming chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor vowed to protect the core values... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2098010/three-hong-kong-leaders-share-one-vision-city-optimism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2098010/three-hong-kong-leaders-share-one-vision-city-optimism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:15:00 +0000 Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa has said Hong Kong’s education system is not “forward-looking enough” to equip young people for a “rapidly changing world and a rapidly developing China”. Speaking at the Post’s Celebrating Hong Kong’s Coming of Age conference on Monday, Tung – chief executive from 1997 to 2005 – said that aside from the city’s housing shortage, education was another of its key challenges. “In a world where technology develops very quickly and deeply, influencing all aspects... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2097939/hong-kongs-education-system-not-forward-looking-enough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2097939/hong-kongs-education-system-not-forward-looking-enough?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2017 06:30:15 +0000