https://www.scmp.com/rss/327220/feed Dr Hua Guo is a research associate at the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With tens of thousands of people crossing the border to or from Hong Kong during the holiday season, people in Hong Kong have been enjoying post-pandemic life for almost 10 months since the mask mandate was finally lifted at the beginning of March 2023. The city government has launched a series of campaigns such as “Hello Hong Kong” to boost tourism and “Happy Hong Kong” to lighten residents’ hearts as part of efforts to boost the city’s economy. Hong Kong is rising from the sickbed of Covid-19... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3246856/rising-liveability-doesnt-herald-hong-kongs-return-pre-covid-normal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3246856/rising-liveability-doesnt-herald-hong-kongs-return-pre-covid-normal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jan 2024 01:30:21 +0000 Hong Kong, named the most liveable city in the world in 2012 by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), topped the ranking of 140 global cities mainly thanks to a special weighting in the index for the city’s green space, lack of sprawl, natural assets and connectivity. In the following years, the EIU’s ranking returned to its original five categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. After the change in methodology, Hong Kong not only lost the top... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3160401/peoples-perceptions-life-hong-kong-are-changing-better-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3160401/peoples-perceptions-life-hong-kong-are-changing-better-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:45:11 +0000 The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link opened this weekend, yet public excitement over the prospect of a brand-new high-speed rail link has been tempered by the numerous controversies that have surrounded it over the past eight years. History may help to define the future if we study the past. The Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) was the first cross-border railway connecting Hong Kong with mainland China. The railway has a British section and a Chinese section.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2165244/how-kowloon-canton-railway-history-sheds-light?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2165244/how-kowloon-canton-railway-history-sheds-light?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:45 +0000 A few high-ranking government officials, business leaders and politicians recently urged the youth of Hong Kong to consider relocating to cities in the Greater Bay Area and commute to Hong Kong in the future. This proposal is close to being achievable, given the major transport infrastructure that will soon link Hong Kong and mainland China – the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the high-speed rail. Given the record-high housing prices in Hong Kong and the presumed opportunities on the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2148149/why-zhuhai-and-other-greater-bay-area-cities-are-not-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2148149/why-zhuhai-and-other-greater-bay-area-cities-are-not-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2018 09:44:39 +0000