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Open Questions series

Open Questions | Why sci-fi’s Liu Cixin hopes AI surpasses humanity

The Three-Body Problem author on technology’s remorseless progress, why superintelligence isn’t a given and the decline of science fiction literature.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Why Hong Kong universities are heading north for mainland Chinese collaborations

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Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s HKChat raises AI expectations as 90,000 users join app in debut week

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Tech focus for doctors trained at new Hong Kong medical school, HKUST head says

Professor Nancy Ip says university will use its strength in research, especially in AI, to train future doctors to treat patients.

HKUST will build a medical complex on its Clear Water Bay campus. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | HKUST medical school can make a difference as the population ages

A third medical school that promotes medical innovation and scientific research will also enhance the city’s global competitiveness.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

HKUST pledges to invest more than HK$7 billion into third medical school project

Plans include a HK$2 billion complex at the university’s Clear Water Bay campus ahead of a long-term site in the Northern Metropolis by 2034.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

What must Hong Kong’s new medical school focus on to succeed?

Experts weigh in after government’s announcement that HKUST, with strong strategic and financial position, will operate city’s third medical school.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will operate the city’s third medical school. Photo: Winson Wong
Education in Hong Kong

HKUST to run Hong Kong’s third medical school on ‘strategic’, ‘financial’ merits

After eight-month race, expert panel finds HKUST has ‘broad global vision’ and ‘winning edge’ over Baptist University and Polytechnic University.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Editorial | Genome project evidence of Hong Kong’s progress on biomedical hub goal

The large-scale genome sequencing project has exceeded its original targets and is already bearing fruit.

Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | University of Hong Kong ‘pursuing plan’ to open Saudi Arabia campus

‘The university sees an opportunity in Saudi Arabia and has a plan to open a campus in Riyadh,’ source says.

Sources say HKU will open a campus in Riyadh. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s universities go from strength to strength

The advancement in global higher education rankings shows efforts to nurture the ‘Study in Hong Kong’ brand are paying off.

Students walk through the campus of the University of Hong Kong on September 19. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Alzheimer’s gene variant in Chinese linked to rapid decline: Hong Kong study

HKUST researchers also stress urgent need for database cataloguing genes of ethnic Chinese people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong-listed firms sharpen digital asset strategy amid rising crypto prices

These firms’ strategies reflect confidence in the city’s ambition to become a major digital asset hub.

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Bitcoin has gained about 90 per cent over the past year, while ether has jumped more than 80 per cent from a year earlier. Photo: Shutterstock
Education in Hong Kong

Up to a third of intake of new Hong Kong medical school to be non-local students

Health secretary Lo Chung-mau says school will recruit second-degree students, with about 50 admitted in earlier stages.

The new medical school is expected to be built on a site in the New Territories. Photo: May Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong public universities to seek more top-notch overseas students: minister

Minister Christine Choi also says authorities will consider raising 40 per cent cap on non-local student admissions.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong public universities get 850 transfer inquiries amid shifting US policies

Chief Secretary Eric Chan thanks city’s eight public universities for helping affected students and seizing opportunity to attract more top talent.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | ‘Study in Hong Kong’ brand boosted by rise in world rankings

City’s universities now occupy five of the top 70 places in global league table, an encouraging sign on the road to becoming an international education hub.

Students walk along the passage in the campus of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Photo: Elson Li
Universities in Hong Kong

6 public universities in Hong Kong rise in global rankings

University of Hong Kong climbs to 11th place, beating two prestigious mainland Chinese institutions.

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Hong Kong courts

Lecturer in Hong Kong sues over ‘hostile’ response to harassment complaint

Ana Alias Martinez alleges her contract at HKUST was not renewed due to her complaints against male colleague.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s university freedom key to China’s global education power goal playing

Universities’ freedom to think, teach and publish independently must remain non-negotiable and Beijing must make its stance clear.

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A view of the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

‘Universities in Hong Kong should help banned international students from Harvard’

Education minister Christine Choi urges ‘proactive’ support after bombshell Trump administration move targeting Ivy League university.

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The US Department of Homeland Security cited Harvard University’s alleged “coordinated activity” with the Communist Party of China as part of the reasoning for the ban. Photo: AFP
Education in Hong Kong

Senior Beijing official calls on Hong Kong universities to make tech advances

Xia Baolong says tertiary institutions should also strive to make city hub for high-calibre talent as he meets HKUST leaders in Beijing.

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Hong Kong science and tech

China can beat AI rivals with Greater Bay Area edge: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

‘This is just an extraordinary opportunity for China and for this area,’ CEO says as he receives honorary doctorate with acting legend Tony Leung.

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Education in Hong Kong

3 universities in Hong Kong among top 10 in major ranking of Asian institutions

HKU holds No 2 position, CUHK rises to No 6 and CityU to No 10, marking first time three institutions placed in top 10 of Asian University Rankings.

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The University of Hong Kong has been placed second in an annual ranking of Asian universities. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

University in Hong Kong develops AI breast cancer diagnostic tool

Researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology claim tool is as competent as radiologist with five years of experience.

A woman is shown her mammogram test results on a computer screen. Photo: Shutterstock
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong scientists create robot that can take on back-breaking construction tasks

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed a robot that can travel along pieces of rebar to bend or fix them

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Hong Kong environmental issues

How butterfly wings inspired Hong Kong cooling tech to help fight global warming

Thin cooling film can reduce room temperatures by up to 15 degrees Celius, as scientists hope to mitigate effects of global warming.

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