https://www.scmp.com/rss/505417/feed Amy Liu Mei Heung is managing editor at Our Hong Kong Foundation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ponders her options for next week’s policy address, her task of finding solutions to long-standing issues such as housing and social instability will have been complicated by a tightening government budget, in the wake of Covid-19 relief measures costing billions of dollars. As the epidemic is expected to continue to plague our city in the foreseeable future, policies that can address multiple issues while not costing a fortune would... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3110567/hit-pandemic-and-social-strife-hong-kong-needs-major-housing-boost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3110567/hit-pandemic-and-social-strife-hong-kong-needs-major-housing-boost?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:15:15 +0000 As most of the world still struggle to find enough protective masks to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the launch of the Hong Kong government’s free reusable masks earlier this month for the entire population should have been welcomed with open arms. But one of the main criticisms is: why so late? While the free masks would have been more appreciated at the start of the outbreak early this year, when mask shortage was at its worst, we need to understand that the mask is actually a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3085499/hong-kongs-reusable-masks-should-be-lauded-reinvigorating-made-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3085499/hong-kongs-reusable-masks-should-be-lauded-reinvigorating-made-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 May 2020 08:30:10 +0000 As Covid-19 infections rise around the world, including in Hong Kong, the city’s government has toughened measures to slow the spread of the global pandemic and head off a new wave of imported infections. Even as the community’s attention is focused on the pandemic itself, it is noteworthy that infected patients are much more likely to fall seriously ill or die if they have pre-existing chronic diseases. It is therefore imperative that the community at large, and the government in particular,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3078048/beyond-coronavirus-pandemic-hong-kong-must-take-health-and-fitness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3078048/beyond-coronavirus-pandemic-hong-kong-must-take-health-and-fitness?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:00:10 +0000