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  • With one eye on risks, SFC moves to regulate crypto assets
    With one eye on risks, SFC moves to regulate crypto assets
  • Half a century after the fact, courts uphold ding rights
    Half a century after the fact, courts uphold ding rights
  • Psychology’s aspiring gatekeepers soft pedal requirements to sceptical industry
    Psychology’s aspiring gatekeepers soft pedal requirements to sceptical industry
  • Accreditation proposal for psychologists could leave English-speaking patients without help and force professionals out of work
    Accreditation proposal for psychologists could leave English-speaking patients without help and force professionals out of work
  • Voluntary insurance scheme aims to provide relief for health care sector
    Voluntary insurance scheme aims to provide relief for health care sector
  • HK Grants First Three Virtual Bank Licenses
    HK Grants First Three Virtual Bank Licenses
  • Business groups win concessions on extradition law
    Business groups win concessions on extradition law
  • How “World-class” are Cities in the Greater Bay Area? (including Hong Kong)
  • Buy your talent: China’s subsidies for R&D staff compete with HK
    Buy your talent: China’s subsidies for R&D staff compete with HK
  • Rare disease activists call for formal programmes, not ad hoc efforts
    Rare disease activists call for formal programmes, not ad hoc efforts
  • China moves to subsidise foreigner incomes to cover their tax bill
    China moves to subsidise foreigner incomes to cover their tax bill
  • Purge and merge: Beijing’s plan for Hong Kong
    Purge and merge: Beijing’s plan for Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong’s peg needs shoring up by the billions
    Hong Kong’s peg needs shoring up by the billions
  • HK Budget 2019: The tax breaks ain’t what they used to be
    HK Budget 2019: The tax breaks ain’t what they used to be
  • Budget a warning of bigger government coming
    Budget a warning of bigger government coming
  • Transforming Hong Kong into a City of Innovation
  • The Case of The Saudi Sisters: Hong Kong’s lack of refugee regs
    The Case of The Saudi Sisters: Hong Kong’s lack of refugee regs
  • HK Budget: No surprises
    HK Budget: No surprises
  • Tiny flats ‘a necessary evil’ for some, the first step on the ladder for others
    Tiny flats ‘a necessary evil’ for some, the first step on the ladder for others
  • Hong Kong’s “hidden” competitive advantage: Open Geospatial Data
  • HK’s public sector doctors taking ‘national affairs’ courses in China
    HK’s public sector doctors taking ‘national affairs’ courses in China
  • Policy makers clash with doctors on addressing doctor shortage
    Policy makers clash with doctors on addressing doctor shortage
  • Lawmakers propose to limit Link Reit’s rent increases
    Lawmakers propose to limit Link Reit’s rent increases
  • Vapers and IQOS to be banned; personal use devices to be seized at border
    Vapers and IQOS to be banned; personal use devices to be seized at border
  • Murder shines spotlight on HK extradition loopholes
    Murder shines spotlight on HK extradition loopholes
  • Philip Morris keen on less harmful alternatives to smoking, HK not so much
    Philip Morris keen on less harmful alternatives to smoking, HK not so much
  • Car taxes: Give up and go green
    Car taxes: Give up and go green
  • Hong Kong housing market: The new unaffordability
    Hong Kong housing market: The new unaffordability
  • Feeling Blue about Rule of law
    Feeling Blue about Rule of law
  • Rising minimum wage expected to raise inflation, unemployment (a bit)
    Rising minimum wage expected to raise inflation, unemployment (a bit)
  • All talk, no action: The pro-establishment camp puts government loyalty ahead of elderly constituents
    All talk, no action: The pro-establishment camp puts government loyalty ahead of elderly constituents
  • Opening the government’s data kimono
    Opening the government’s data kimono
  • Democracy dies in details: EIU ranking sees HK slip
    Democracy dies in details: EIU ranking sees HK slip
  • HK: NO2 Country for Clean Air – Our polluted city
    HK: NO2 Country for Clean Air – Our polluted city
  • The young shall save the old (if we train them!)
    The young shall save the old (if we train them!)
  • Budget Time in Hong Kong
    Budget Time in Hong Kong
  • Everyone loves reclamation! Except they don’t – East Lantau Reclamation
    Everyone loves reclamation! Except they don’t – East Lantau Reclamation
  • Justice Chief Cheng Breaks Silence on Leung Investigation
    Justice Chief Cheng Breaks Silence on Leung Investigation
  • Another tech listing Bits the dust: Bitmain in Hong Kong
    Another tech listing Bits the dust: Bitmain in Hong Kong
  • HKMA tells HK to brace for volatility as ultra-low interest era ends
    HKMA tells HK to brace for volatility as ultra-low interest era ends
  • New Case Shines Light on Small House Policy
    New Case Shines Light on Small House Policy
  • Connect this: Life Insurance to join Stock Connect in GBA
    Connect this: Life Insurance to join Stock Connect in GBA
  • Made in Hong Kong, Tariff-free to China
    Made in Hong Kong, Tariff-free to China
  • Grey-Green? The GBA has a long way to go (but policymakers are trying)
    Grey-Green? The GBA has a long way to go (but policymakers are trying)
  • Big Data boffins betting on culture and a principled industry to elevate Hong Kong
    Big Data boffins betting on culture and a principled industry to elevate Hong Kong
  • Huawei Exec Arrest raises questions over Hong Kong travel docs
    Huawei Exec Arrest raises questions over Hong Kong travel docs
  • Jamming the shredder – Archive law in Hong Kong
    Jamming the shredder – Archive law in Hong Kong
  • Private health operators being brought into regulatory fold
    Private health operators being brought into regulatory fold
  • Private sector player WeDoctor moves to unify GBA healthcare market
    Private sector player WeDoctor moves to unify GBA healthcare market
  • South Korea’s Lantau Tomorrow Vision – a cautionary tale
    South Korea’s Lantau Tomorrow Vision – a cautionary tale
  • Hong Kong talent: Great at recruitment, lacking in development
    Hong Kong talent: Great at recruitment, lacking in development
  • Pro-establishment forces take seat in by-election – and geographic majority
    Pro-establishment forces take seat in by-election – and geographic majority
  • Reportage: Belgium King’s Day Reception 2018
    Reportage: Belgium King’s Day Reception 2018
  • HK cracks top 10 on sustainable cities index
    HK cracks top 10 on sustainable cities index
  • HKGNA elevates HK arts through classical music spectacular
    HKGNA elevates HK arts through classical music spectacular
  • Foetal funerals or out with the garbage – parents want choices
    Foetal funerals or out with the garbage – parents want choices
  • What Hong Kong can learn from Korea on innovation
    What Hong Kong can learn from Korea on innovation
  • Elevating minorities: Education, employment and incentives
    Elevating minorities: Education, employment and incentives
  • We mean business in climate action
    We mean business in climate action
  • Thou shalt pay! For Garbage! Waste charging scheme finally comes to Hong Kong, almost
    Thou shalt pay! For Garbage! Waste charging scheme finally comes to Hong Kong, almost
  • Hong Kong’s Security regulator to bring crypto into its regulatory reach
    Hong Kong’s Security regulator to bring crypto into its regulatory reach
  • Baby, leave or don’t leave: Maternity and Paternity Leave in Hong Kong
    Baby, leave or don’t leave: Maternity and Paternity Leave in Hong Kong
  • Hong Kongers say: Give us room to breathe (and play!)
    Hong Kongers say: Give us room to breathe (and play!)
  • Hong Kong’s uphill climb to a cashless society
    Hong Kong’s uphill climb to a cashless society
  • Regulators, industry and legislators welcome crypto exchange rules (but definitely not a ban)
    Regulators, industry and legislators welcome crypto exchange rules (but definitely not a ban)
  • Policy Address: GBA trumps B&R with support from finance and smart government
    Policy Address: GBA trumps B&R with support from finance and smart government
  • Policy Address: Carrie Lam is all for women
    Policy Address: Carrie Lam is all for women
  • Policy Address: Carrie Lam, Lover of earth, seas and “every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
    Policy Address: Carrie Lam, Lover of earth, seas and “every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
  • Greens question the need for massive reclamation ‘Vision’
    Greens question the need for massive reclamation ‘Vision’
  • Policy Address 2019: I&T, IT, R&D – More More MORE!
    Policy Address 2019: I&T, IT, R&D – More More MORE!
  • Hong Kong considers adopting open road tolling
    Hong Kong considers adopting open road tolling
  • Hong Kong autonomous driving policy in the ditch
    Hong Kong autonomous driving policy in the ditch
  • Hong Kong joins 21st century with Fast Payment System
    Hong Kong joins 21st century with Fast Payment System
  • Don’t undervalue PRL sports clubs’ economic and wider contributions to Hong Kong
    Don’t undervalue PRL sports clubs’ economic and wider contributions to Hong Kong
  • Building a unified Hong Kong – China insurance market
    Building a unified Hong Kong – China insurance market
  • What goes down must go up: Interest rates rising in Hong Kong
    What goes down must go up: Interest rates rising in Hong Kong
  • Hiding in plain sight: Land for Hong Kong development
    Hiding in plain sight: Land for Hong Kong development
  • Part II: The Silver Workplace – Supporting aging workers
    Part II: The Silver Workplace – Supporting aging workers
  • Part I: The Silver Workplace – Supporting aging workers
    Part I: The Silver Workplace – Supporting aging workers
  • Poll: The people want timely tobacco alternatives
    Poll: The people want timely tobacco alternatives
  • Nursing home labour shortage driving demand for imports
    Nursing home labour shortage driving demand for imports
  • Part I: The Fixed Period ends in Shenzhen: Aging in the Greater Bay Area
    Part I: The Fixed Period ends in Shenzhen: Aging in the Greater Bay Area
  • Bright HK hosts Nobel Prize winning laureate Ramos-Horta
    Bright HK hosts Nobel Prize winning laureate Ramos-Horta
  • Data privacy: Europe does a check up; Hong Kong just trusts
    Data privacy: Europe does a check up; Hong Kong just trusts
  • Hot debate over heat-not-burn and vaping products
    Hot debate over heat-not-burn and vaping products
  • National Security: Little brother shows up big brother in front of parents
    National Security: Little brother shows up big brother in front of parents
  • How scrapping the US-HK Policy Act could hit Hong Kong
    How scrapping the US-HK Policy Act could hit Hong Kong
  • Mat leave, pat leave, more more more
    Mat leave, pat leave, more more more
  • The US-HK Policy Act: Hong Kong’s special status under threat?
    The US-HK Policy Act: Hong Kong’s special status under threat?
  • The road to slavery runs through Hong Kong
    The road to slavery runs through Hong Kong
  • HK, M, and ROCers can live like Chinese in China
    HK, M, and ROCers can live like Chinese in China
  • Part III of the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: Show me the Prices! Increasing visibility in hospital fees could relieve pressure on public health services
    Part III of the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: Show me the Prices! Increasing visibility in hospital fees could relieve pressure on public health services
  • East Lantau Metropolis: White knight or white elephant?
    East Lantau Metropolis: White knight or white elephant?
  • You Break It (up), you buy it: HK Convention seeks to drive safe ship recycling
    You Break It (up), you buy it: HK Convention seeks to drive safe ship recycling
  • Eliminating plastic waste
    Eliminating plastic waste
  • Part II of the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: Opaque at Every Turn
    Part II of the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: Opaque at Every Turn
  • Part I on the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: A System Under Strain
    Part I on the Hong Kong Healthcare Series: A System Under Strain
  • Former Sec. Transport and Housing: Modernising means splitting department, accommodating sharing economy (i.e. Uber)
    Former Sec. Transport and Housing: Modernising means splitting department, accommodating sharing economy (i.e. Uber)
  • Democrats claim new boundaries disadvantage their electoral chances in DC elections
    Democrats claim new boundaries disadvantage their electoral chances in DC elections
  • A World Cities Summit without Asia’s World City?
    A World Cities Summit without Asia’s World City?
  • Singapore and UK examples show how open data accelerates innovation
    Singapore and UK examples show how open data accelerates innovation
  • The next step: Government considers banning a political party
    The next step: Government considers banning a political party
  • Former Sec. Transport and Housing: Government-MTR relationship needs radical reform
    Former Sec. Transport and Housing: Government-MTR relationship needs radical reform
  • Game on! But only for government faves – Small e-sport players think game is stacked against them
    Game on! But only for government faves – Small e-sport players think game is stacked against them
  • Total tunnel control could lead to dynamic – and more expensive – tunnel fees
    Total tunnel control could lead to dynamic – and more expensive – tunnel fees
  • Hong Kong’s new IPO listing rules working for innovation startups
    Hong Kong’s new IPO listing rules working for innovation startups
  • Breaking up is hard to do: The Transport and Housing Bureau
    Breaking up is hard to do: The Transport and Housing Bureau
  • Trailing spouses, trailing on same-sex spouses: HK and visas for gay partners
    Trailing spouses, trailing on same-sex spouses: HK and visas for gay partners
  • To-tally Kwa Wan-derful: Urban Renewal in To Kwa Wan
    To-tally Kwa Wan-derful: Urban Renewal in To Kwa Wan
  • 3 little housing policies: Ms Lam will huff and puff and blow those prices down
    3 little housing policies: Ms Lam will huff and puff and blow those prices down
  • PICO WEEKO III: PICO: The messenger is the message
    PICO WEEKO III: PICO: The messenger is the message
  • PICO WEEKO II: Priorities and Politics in PICO Policy
    PICO WEEKO II: Priorities and Politics in PICO Policy
  • PICO WEEKO – Carrie Lam’s new policy braintrust
    PICO WEEKO – Carrie Lam’s new policy braintrust
  • Hong Kong and Beijing: A Shared future – Christine Loh at Bright Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi sign co-op agreement as banks pleads for more fintech 
    Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi sign co-op agreement as banks pleads for more fintech 
  • Anybody home?! No? TAX!: Hong Kong’s imminent Vacancy Tax
    Anybody home?! No? TAX!: Hong Kong’s imminent Vacancy Tax
  • Social diversity can enhance Hong Kong’s innovative capability
    Social diversity can enhance Hong Kong’s innovative capability
  • Hong Kong is not alone: Widespread calls for public housing around the world
    Hong Kong is not alone: Widespread calls for public housing around the world
  • Ola! Mexicans unite to save Hong Kong and global seas
    Ola! Mexicans unite to save Hong Kong and global seas
  • The “Silver Market” – A burden or new growth engine for Hong Kong?  
    The “Silver Market” – A burden or new growth engine for Hong Kong?  
  • Leveraging Business Opportunities in GBA Sustainability for Hong Kong
    Leveraging Business Opportunities in GBA Sustainability for Hong Kong
  • Smart AND Fast: Smart cities, transportation and mobility for Hong Kong
    Smart AND Fast: Smart cities, transportation and mobility for Hong Kong
  • 3rd Runway attempts funding take off from LGO
    3rd Runway attempts funding take off from LGO
  • HK should hurry onboard to build sustainability in GBA
    HK should hurry onboard to build sustainability in GBA
  • Breakthrough in U.S.-China Trade Talk Is Beneficial For Hong Kong, Trade Minister Says; But Concerns Remain
    Breakthrough in U.S.-China Trade Talk Is Beneficial For Hong Kong, Trade Minister Says; But Concerns Remain
  • Railway Dilemma in Hong Kong’s Northwest
    Railway Dilemma in Hong Kong’s Northwest
  • Crypto exchanges flee from Asia amid regulatory uncertainties
    Crypto exchanges flee from Asia amid regulatory uncertainties
  • More to look out for Greater Bay Area’s path to sustainability
    More to look out for Greater Bay Area’s path to sustainability
  • HK to bring in tech talent faster
    HK to bring in tech talent faster
  • Your land is my land: The LRO’s biggest fans may understand it the least
    Your land is my land: The LRO’s biggest fans may understand it the least
  • HKUST hires power player to project influence
    HKUST hires power player to project influence
  • Hong Kong is broadening its listing channels; HKEx’s big changes hide stealth mode deals you NEEQ to know about
    Hong Kong is broadening its listing channels; HKEx’s big changes hide stealth mode deals you NEEQ to know about
  • BRIGHT HK: The End of the US/China Affair
  • Legco set to debate Benny Tai’s independence remark
    Legco set to debate Benny Tai’s independence remark
  • “Hong Kong City” proposed in Greater Bay Area
    “Hong Kong City” proposed in Greater Bay Area
  • Public-private partnership suggested to address Hong Kong’s land issue
    Public-private partnership suggested to address Hong Kong’s land issue
  • Creative land use is key in face of housing shortage
    Creative land use is key in face of housing shortage
  • Free our flats! And help Hong Kong’s tourism industry
  • Hong Kong’s de facto central bank buys HKD for the first time since 05’ 
    Hong Kong’s de facto central bank buys HKD for the first time since 05’ 
  • Short term rentals serve government, not just people
  • Smart lampposts should be equipped with accurate spatial data
  • 5P Wave could see Hong Kong finance go beyond green finance and ESG to the next level
  • Recycling park opened to treat waste electrics
    Recycling park opened to treat waste electrics
  • Hong Kong regulator cautions on ICOs, halts Black Cell raise
    Hong Kong regulator cautions on ICOs, halts Black Cell raise
  • Grand vision for tech park on northern border but many doubt benefits
    Grand vision for tech park on northern border but many doubt benefits
  • Bright Hong Kong hosts author Charlotte Chu, Song of Praise for a Flower
  • China should lead in creating new sustainable international development model
  • Enhanced elderly care: Hong Kong’s answer to sharp growth in elderly population
    Enhanced elderly care: Hong Kong’s answer to sharp growth in elderly population
  • New super tax deduction may not be as inclusive as it seems
    New super tax deduction may not be as inclusive as it seems
  • Hong Kong needs cooperation with China to become a talent hub
  • Failed abroad, to fail in Hong Kong? New tax on vacant homes of uncertain impact
  • Global free trade trumps protectionism, Australia says
  • New land supply proposal eyes Tuen Mun port
    New land supply proposal eyes Tuen Mun port
  • 350,000 people could be housed in New Territories North, government study finds
    350,000 people could be housed in New Territories North, government study finds
  • Plastic: The Material that Binds the Planet
  • Renters and landlords: GIMMEE A BREAK!
    Renters and landlords: GIMMEE A BREAK!
  • New tax break of electric cars gets less-than-electric response
  • Moving mountains (of cash): RX to the record surplus and spending priorities of the HK government
    Moving mountains (of cash): RX to the record surplus and spending priorities of the HK government
  • New Budget gives equal focus to technology and relief measures
    New Budget gives equal focus to technology and relief measures
  • OP: Shared Value: The word is out … but we need to shout louder
    OP: Shared Value: The word is out … but we need to shout louder
  • Momentum for smart city development in Hong Kong
    Momentum for smart city development in Hong Kong
  • Views Divided on HK’s Housing Crisis Solution
    Views Divided on HK’s Housing Crisis Solution
  • Go green on red packets
    Go green on red packets
  • HKMA gets real for Virtual Banks
    HKMA gets real for Virtual Banks
  • Green for Green: More dollars for renewable power
    Green for Green: More dollars for renewable power
  • New business matching platform to unlock Hong Kong’s startup potential through financing
    New business matching platform to unlock Hong Kong’s startup potential through financing
  • Empowered regulator to up Hong Kong’s accounting regulation standard
    Empowered regulator to up Hong Kong’s accounting regulation standard
  • Hack, hack: Hong Kong government urged to take action as toxic air pollutants alarmingly high
    Hack, hack: Hong Kong government urged to take action as toxic air pollutants alarmingly high
  • Hong Kong is urged to manage water wisely
    Hong Kong is urged to manage water wisely
  • Angel investors converge on Istanbul for $250-billion meeting
  • Hong Kong needs 5G to ‘see’ to go Smart City Spatial
    Hong Kong needs 5G to ‘see’ to go Smart City Spatial
  • Edward Yum confronts his past to run again
  • London Grenfell Tower Fire Policy Reactions Lead to Anger and Preference Changes
  • ‘Never again’ guides international policy- Oxford prof on China
  • Open Data Can Boost Vitality of the City
    Open Data Can Boost Vitality of the City
  • President Trump: Complex positions, murky past on Hong Kong, China and Asia
    President Trump: Complex positions, murky past on Hong Kong, China and Asia
  • CY’s Last Call: Business looks at the Policy Address 2016
    CY’s Last Call: Business looks at the Policy Address 2016
  • Disenfranchised: Education for non-Chinese-speaking children in Hong Kong
    Disenfranchised: Education for non-Chinese-speaking children in Hong Kong
  • When all the Kings came to Thailand
    When all the Kings came to Thailand

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