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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.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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Hong Kong economy
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Why Hong Kong universities are heading north for mainland Chinese collaborations
2 Dec 2025 - 9:40AM
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Artificial intelligence
Hong Kong’s HKChat raises AI expectations as 90,000 users join app in debut week
27 Nov 2025 - 1:43PM
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.
23 Nov 2025 - 12:37AM
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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.
20 Nov 2025 - 6:45AM
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.
19 Nov 2025 - 11:01PM
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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.
19 Nov 2025 - 7:19PM
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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.
20 Nov 2025 - 2:59PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
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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.
10 Nov 2025 - 7:15AM
Education in Hong Kong
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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.
4 Nov 2025 - 8:39AM
Hong Kong society
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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.
11 Oct 2025 - 7:15AM
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.
9 Oct 2025 - 7:00AM
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.
2 Oct 2025 - 7:31PM
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.
4 Sep 2025 - 8:30PM
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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.
26 Jul 2025 - 11:46PM
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.
2 Jul 2025 - 8:00AM
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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.
27 Jun 2025 - 6:34PM
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‘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.
23 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM
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.
19 Jun 2025 - 2:36PM
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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.
16 Jun 2025 - 11:16PM
Hong Kong economy
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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.
30 May 2025 - 6:20PM
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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.
24 May 2025 - 12:23AM
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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.
13 Mar 2025 - 4:25PM
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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.
23 Nov 2024 - 11:01PM
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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.
6 Nov 2024 - 10:48PM
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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.
31 Oct 2024 - 7:03PM
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
3 Oct 2024 - 1:13PM
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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.
3 Oct 2024 - 1:16PM
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