https://www.scmp.com/rss/508406/feed Trishna Mahtani is a video producer who enjoys telling visual stories about innovation, technology and everything else that represents the future. She’s passionate about educating curious people about the world around them. Videos are, not surprisingly, her favourite tool of choice to tell stories that create impact. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Trishna Mahtani,Morning Studio editors Trishna Mahtani,Morning Studio editors For almost 60 years, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has helped nurture innovative companies. Scores of local start-ups have grown and expanded into other countries thanks to the guidance provided by the trade promotion body through its support programmes, global network and international fairs and conferences. Over the past few years, Hong Kong’s RaSpect Intelligence Inspection – an enterprise that puts innovation at the heart of its business – has grown at pace thanks to help... https://www.scmp.com/native/business/companies/topics/supporting-businesses-they-grow/article/3309492/building-inspection-tech-company-raspect-evolves-hong-kong-start-global-player?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/business/companies/topics/supporting-businesses-they-grow/article/3309492/building-inspection-tech-company-raspect-evolves-hong-kong-start-global-player?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 May 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Trishna Mahtani,Morning Studio editors Trishna Mahtani,Morning Studio editors Few prosperous businesses ever get started without the support of experts. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is one such expert, which has helped numerous start-ups achieve success since it was established in 1966. One of the trade promotion body’s missions is to provide Hong Kong companies with advisory services, resources, connections and promotional tools so that they can not only flourish but also expand their reach beyond the city’s shores. Its Start-up Express programme is... https://www.scmp.com/native/business/companies/topics/supporting-businesses-they-grow/article/3307679/hktdc-helps-panopticai-take-its-ai-powered-health-monitoring-app-global-stage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/business/companies/topics/supporting-businesses-they-grow/article/3307679/hktdc-helps-panopticai-take-its-ai-powered-health-monitoring-app-global-stage?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Apr 2025 04:00:09 +0000 When you see Liang-lin Chen commanding the podium, switching effortlessly between English and Mandarin during auctions on stage at Christie’s Hong Kong, it is hard to believe that the dynamic auctioneer, dressed in her signature qipao, describes herself as an introvert. “Normally, I’m not as bubbly as a person,” she says. “I’m friendly, but otherwise I’m sometimes occupied with thoughts. So I need a bit of notice before … I just have to have a mental shift: I need to get into a role.” Behind... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/wealth-and-health-optimal-balance/article/3257526/how-sleep-helps-auctioneer-liang-lin-chen-find-right-balance-between-career-and-health?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/wealth-and-health-optimal-balance/article/3257526/how-sleep-helps-auctioneer-liang-lin-chen-find-right-balance-between-career-and-health?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:00:17 +0000 Jennifer Zhu Scott, founding partner of the digital-forward investment platform, IN. Capital, has achieved many things during her life, but she has never forgotten the extreme poverty she endured as a child in Sichuan, China. “Sometimes we even struggled to have sufficient food and basic necessities in life,” says Scott, a prominent figure in the tech industry, who was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Top 50 Women in Tech” in 2018 and Fortune China’s “Most Influential Business Women in... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/wealth-and-health-optimal-balance/article/3250744/jennifer-zhu-scott-one-forbes-worlds-top-50-women-tech-2018-success-its-not-just-number?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/wealth-and-health-optimal-balance/article/3250744/jennifer-zhu-scott-one-forbes-worlds-top-50-women-tech-2018-success-its-not-just-number?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:03:40 +0000 How did one of Hong Kong’s biggest media tycoons come to found a science award that has recognised and honoured individuals who have made more than 60 notable discoveries and significant contributions that changed the course of history? Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Run Run Shaw – impressed by what the Nobel Prize had accomplished – set up the prestigious Shaw Prize in 2002. Today, the Shaw Prize, first presented in 2004, is awarded in three categories, astronomy, life science and... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3245612/nobel-prize-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3245612/nobel-prize-east?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:00:09 +0000 [Sponsored article] Pins, hats, Disney dollars and a whistle that emits the sound of a train are just some of the impressive Disney memorabilia that superfan Kaitey Wong has collected over the years. So it was no surprise when she began working for Disney – a global brand which, for her, symbolises the idea that “no dream is too big, nothing is impossible” – as an events planner at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Although she may have secured her dream job, her magical Disney experiences have not... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/disney-turns-100/article/3239634/superfan-dream-came-true?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/disney-turns-100/article/3239634/superfan-dream-came-true?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:00:24 +0000 [Sponsored article] It takes an arduous eight-hour bus ride along winding, undulating roads from Chengdu, capital of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, to reach the remote Yilong County Yinshan Primary School, where a sports playground has been built in the mountains. Yet this sports area created for the use of the 120 children and wider community in the city of Nanchong, is not an ordinary playground; instead of its surface made of the usual hardwood and rubber, it has been layered with... https://www.scmp.com/native/better-life/environment/topics/sustainability-solutions-based-science/article/3203009/why-was-sustainable-playground-built-chinese-mountain-out-old-bicycle-tyres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/better-life/environment/topics/sustainability-solutions-based-science/article/3203009/why-was-sustainable-playground-built-chinese-mountain-out-old-bicycle-tyres?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:00:20 +0000 [Sponsored article] In 1940, a single-malt whisky was distilled in a single, sherry-seasoned oak cask. More than eight decades later, it has become the oldest expression ever released by The Macallan: The Reach. Named because it reaches not only back in time to 1940 and The Macallan’s founding in 1824, but also to the future, this new limited edition of 288 bottles is testament to the enduring spirit that has been at the heart of the brand for almost 200 years. It pays homage to the maker’s... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/food-drink/topics/whisky-enduring-spirit/article/3179114/tribute-enduring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/food-drink/topics/whisky-enduring-spirit/article/3179114/tribute-enduring?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 May 2022 06:00:16 +0000 [Sponsored article] Nine-year-old Liang Yonger loves books, and her favourite activity is reading fairy tales with her mother. But this girl growing up in Changliu village in Guangdong province knows that is a pleasure many of her friends do not get to enjoy, as they are “left-behind” children. In this rural village, these children are being raised by grandparents or other relatives because their parents have moved away to work in distant cities. “I don’t think they’re actually happy, because it... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3166989/china-left-behind-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3166989/china-left-behind-children?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:00:20 +0000 [Sponsored article] Few people will have failed to hear mention of the word “blockchain” over the past couple of years, yet many still associate the buzzword only with cryptocurrency. Blockchain – a system in which a record of transactions is maintained across several computers that are linked in a peer-to-peer network – can be applied to many other industries, as Hannah Boon, a business graduate of Hong Kong’s Lingnan University, has discovered. “The technology can be used for food tracking and... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3165115/how-fintech-olympiad-helping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3165115/how-fintech-olympiad-helping?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:47:29 +0000 [Sponsored article] Mainland China’s rapid economic growth famously exceeded the world’s expectations. Since 1978, the country’s gross domestic product has increased at an average rate of almost 10 per cent a year and lifted more than 800 million of its population out of poverty, the World Bank has reported. However, such significant social development, involving reclamation, overgrazing, industrial contamination and urban pollution, has inevitably had an adverse impact on the land’s plant and... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3161265/mainland-china-wetlands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/towards-sustainable-world/article/3161265/mainland-china-wetlands?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:15:08 +0000 [Sponsored article] Medical breakthroughs in recent decades have saved many lives, but it is the workers behind the health care in places such as hospitals and out-patient clinics that help a patient to heal. Yet in their hearts, the health staff really hope to see fewer patients walking in the door. “Working in a hospital, we not only can help people get well, but we also can teach them how to take care of themselves, so that they do not need to come to the hospital,” says Alex Lan, president... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/topics/hong-kong-adventist-hospital/article/3162040/state-art-hong-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/topics/hong-kong-adventist-hospital/article/3162040/state-art-hong-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:00:18 +0000 When Yoyo Wu was officially diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2012, at the age of 28, after being admitted to hospital with a severe infection, his first response was one of relief. “I’m just thankful it wasn’t cancer,” Wu, now 37, says. His reaction is apt because in the 35 years since HIV was first identified, significant advances have been made in the prevention and treatment of the virus. Today, people living with HIV are able to live long and productive lives. “Back... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3157892/hiv-social-stigma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/creating-healthier-asia/article/3157892/hiv-social-stigma?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:39:10 +0000 [Sponsored article] It is four years since international economic observers began to acclaim data as a more valuable resource than oil, yet discussions about the topic and – more importantly – its estimated economic worth, are showing no signs of waning. Consultancy firm McKinsey & Company has predicted that using advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to harness data will create between US$9.5 trillion and US$15.4 trillion of economic value annually, while the Organisation for... https://www.scmp.com/presented/tech/topics/digitalised-industry/article/3149806/hong-kong-hi-tech-data-technology-hub?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/tech/topics/digitalised-industry/article/3149806/hong-kong-hi-tech-data-technology-hub?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Sep 2021 01:55:12 +0000 Hong Kong Island’s Southern district – home to popular coastal destinations such as Stanley, Repulse Bay and Aberdeen – is being transformed into a tourist haven as part of plans that will see the area become a major residential, cultural and commercial centre. The move, announced in the Hong Kong government’s “Invigorate Island South” initiative last year – will lead to new cultural facilities being created in Wong Chuk Hang and Aberdeen, with old, existing buildings revitalised for use by the... https://www.scmp.com/native/property/topics/big-plans-island-south/article/3146046/hong-kong-island-southside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/property/topics/big-plans-island-south/article/3146046/hong-kong-island-southside?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Aug 2021 01:30:23 +0000 In a village in Guangdong province, chef Zhu Nengqing can be seen crouching in the fields to inspect his crops of vegetables before going to his kitchen at Xueshan Linyuan Agritainment restaurant to start his daily routine. Zhu washes a small squash known as a chayote, pats it dry, then cuts it into several rounds and meticulously fills the centre of each one with a meat mixture. After they are steamed to perfection, he serves them on platters to a group of waiting guests. Diners marvel over... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/tastes-life/article/3145824/he-once-struggled-put-food-table-his-ailing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/tastes-life/article/3145824/he-once-struggled-put-food-table-his-ailing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Aug 2021 03:34:17 +0000 Inside Hong Kong’s busy K11 Musea shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui on the southern tip of Kowloon, a fleet of robots with expressive eyes can be seen moving along different floors and spraying disinfectant into the air. Named Jasmine, each of these disinfection robots is equipped with two vents, four wheels and a tank that can store up to 10 litres of sterilising solution. They also have sensors that are able to detect obstacles, giving them the ability to move around and sanitise different areas... https://www.scmp.com/native/tech/topics/pioneering-spirit/article/3134618/how-hong-kongs-young-innovators-are-using?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/tech/topics/pioneering-spirit/article/3134618/how-hong-kongs-young-innovators-are-using?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 May 2021 02:00:14 +0000 Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) occupies 40 hectares (99 acres) of land on the westernmost tip of the Kowloon peninsula. Fusing art, education and recreational activities amid a collection of impressively designed buildings, this new cultural hub aims to raise the bar for what the city can achieve in the world of modern and contemporary art. Not only will the district help elevate regional talent to new heights, but it is also contributing to Hong Kong’s expanding portfolio of... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/wrldcty-hong-kong/article/3116366/4-venues-west-kowloon-cultural-district?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/wrldcty-hong-kong/article/3116366/4-venues-west-kowloon-cultural-district?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:00:17 +0000 The outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has been capturing the world’s attention since the start of the year. Yet while health experts hope that Covid-19 may eventually be contained, the nation continues to battle a different chronic disease that has grown sharply over the past few decades and is predicted to cause further deaths in the long run: diabetes.   In 2017, the country was home to 114 million diabetics – more than a quarter of the world’s... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/fighting-global-epidemic/article/3080155/what-growing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/health-wellness/topics/fighting-global-epidemic/article/3080155/what-growing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0000 Human activities currently consume close to 150,000 terawatt-hours of energy each year – 25 times more than in 1800. Today’s energy supplies are largely derived from fossil fuels, which have been proved to contribute significantly to climate change. “It's clear that they are great pollutants,” Eddie Rich, CEO of International Hydropower Association, a non-profit organisation working to advance sustainable hydropower, has told South China Morning Post’s Morning Studio. It's clear that fossil... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/sustainable-hydropower-asia/article/3045977/why-global-switch-renewable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/asia/topics/sustainable-hydropower-asia/article/3045977/why-global-switch-renewable?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:46:39 +0000