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York Chow says the consultation has been positive. Photo: May Tse

Flood of responses on anti-discrimination law amendments will delay results

An unprecedented flood of submissions on planned amendments to anti-discrimination laws will delay results of the public consultation on the changes by two to three months.

Equal Opportunities Commission vows to close sex harassment loophole

Improve old-age allowances rather than replacing them with pension, Joseph Wong says

New awards signal SMEs' role in keeping Hong Kong competitive

Entrepreneurs are the life blood of Hong Kong's economy and their contribution to keeping the city globally competitive must be properly recognised, according to the sponsor of a major new awards programme organised by the South China Morning Post.

DHL's Ken Lee says SMEs engaged in international trade are twice as likely to succeed. Photo: Dickson Lee

The business leaders who aren't worried about Occupy Central

High property prices and inadequate infrastructure were more serious threats to Hong Kong's competitiveness than Occupy Central, speakers at the SCMP's Redefining Hong Kong debate said yesterday.

New compensation model for displaced villagers proposed by HKU economist

A prominent political economist has put forward a new compensation scheme for villagers displaced by development.

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Luxury brands must embrace digital strategies, industry summit told

Luxury retailers are the last bastion against the surge of e-commerce, thanks to the assumption that going digital dilutes the DNA of a high-end brand.

British luxury label Burberry has begun experimenting with live streaming its runway shows and uploads 'shoppable' videos to its website.

City's technology sector needs a reset, panel participants say

Hong Kong has the basic wiring but needs to make better connections if it wants to be a global technology centre, industry experts said yesterday at the South China Morning Post's Redefining Hong Kong panel discussion.

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Hong Kong exchange welcomes New York defectors keen to list

Hong Kong's capital market is set to embrace a new breed of Chinese issuers that have left the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange for a listing in the city, as a more favourable valuation of shares and the depth of liquidity have lured them back home.

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West Kowloon arts hub to name COO to steer commercial development

The West Kowloon arts hub is appointing a chief operating officer to develop its commercial and residential space. Cultural facilities will take up 35 to 40 per cent of the gross floor area of the development.

SCMP senior reporter Vivienne Chow, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority chief executive officer Michael Lynch, Hong Kong Arts Festival executive director Tisa Ho, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts director Adrian Walter, Hong Kong designer and artist Stanley Wong, and Foster + Partners partner Colin Ward, attend a seminar of "West Kowloon Cultural District - More hype than hub?", at the JW Marriott Hotel in Admiralty. Photo: Dickson Lee

West Kowloon Cultural District should be about arts, not money, experts say

Patrons will be taking their seats - at least some of them - at the West Kowloon Cultural District next year after 10 years of planning and angst. Part of the development designed by Norman Foster is set to open next year, as is an arts pavilion on the waterfront for small exhibitions and events.

Panellists (from left) Stanley Wong, Tisa Ho, Michael Lynch, Colin Ward and Adrian Walter at the seminar on the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Dickson Lee

Southeast and South Asians are Hong Kong's poorest of the poor

Hong Kong's Asian minorities are the poorest of the poor, with needs that are often different from the rest of the population, ethnic minority rights advocate Fermi Wong Wai-fun said.

Participants in SCMP poverty debate tell government to focus on education

Education is the long-term key to tackling poverty in Hong Kong but immediate efforts must be made by the government to treat welfare as an entitlement rather than a handout.

Poverty won't be tackled until more speak up for the poor, forum hears

How one of the world's most prosperous cities manages to let nearly a fifth of its population exist in poverty is a question that bothers many. Bad policies contribute to Hong Kong's widespread poverty and the government seems unwilling to tackle the issue, according to a panel of speakers at the year's final "Redefining Hong Kong'' discussion, hosted by the South China Morning Post.

The modern face of poverty in Hong Kong. A man sits surrounded by his possessions in a cramped so-called cage home in Sham Shui Po. Photo: May Tse

Women told to aim high and start networking

The next generation of women who want to sit on company boards ought to aim high and start positioning themselves for those roles now by networking and approaching headhunters, said senior female executives at the South China Morning Post's Women of Our Time conference yesterday.

Angelina Kwan (left) and Judy Tsui discuss how companies can increase female participation in top management and their boards at a conference yesterday. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong must raise standards and offer more, luxury forum agrees

As the competition to capture the spending of China's tourists grows globally, Hong Kong should focus on elevating its service standards and offering one-of-a-kind experiences rather than just being a giant retail outlet, a panel of luxury experts said yesterday.

Seeking solutions for a democratic future

Leading figures from both the Beijing-loyalist and pan-democratic political camps joined the latest of the Post's Redefining Hong Kong seminar series at the JW Marriott hotel. Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, former chief secretary and lawmaker Anson Chan Fang On-sang, businessman David Tang and Post columnist Alice Wu joined moderator and former Executive Council convenor Ronald Arculli to discuss 'Passage to 2017 - The Next Milestone of One Country, Two Systems'. Their debate covered everything from universal suffrage for the 2017 chief executive election to the future role of political parties in Hong Kong's governance.

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Hong Kong must move forward on electoral reform: SCMP debate panellists

Hong Kong cannot afford to stand still on political reform, universal suffrage must be in place by 2017 – this is the consensus of a panel discussion by political heavyweights in the South China Morning Post’s "Redefining Hong Kong" debate.

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Ronald Arculli (left) joins debate panellists Jasper Tsang, Anson Chan and David Tang with SCMP columnist Alice Wu at the Redefining Hong Kong debate. Photo: Jonathan Wong

SCMP hosts Redefining Hong Kong debate on development challenges facing the city

Experts propose ways to make Hong Kong a green metropolis

More Hongkongers worried about mainland's environmental woes

More Hongkongers today are anxious about the mainland's environmental problems and fret about landfill space in the city than 12 years ago, a survey shows.

More Hongkongers today are anxious about the mainland's environmental problems and fret about landfill space in the city than 12 years ago. Photo: Bloomberg

Help property developers go green, industry leader tells forum

Conrad Wong. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong must prepare for a China fully open to the world

Business leaders say Hong Kong must act quicker in face of change

Hong Kong business leaders fear political strife could hold city back

George Chen of the South China Morning Post chairs the debate on the future of Hong Kong featuring (from left) Albert Ng, Benjamin Hung, John Slosar, Chan Ka-keung and Vincent Lo. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Hong Kong RMB deposits seen surging on Qianhai reforms

Financial reforms in Shenzhen's Qianhai special economic zone could spur a surge in yuan deposits in Hong Kong, pushing them to 30 per cent of the city's deposit base from the current 10 per cent, HSBC Hong Kong chief executive Anita Fung said yesterday.

Forum participants (from left) Nicholas Kwan, Anita Fung, Thomas Lee and Sally Wong. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong must leverage global reach to take on Qianhai challenge, experts say

Hong Kong must leverage its international reach if it is to avoid being marginalised by the mainland's march towards full financial sector liberalisation and further integration into the global monetary system, according to a panel of experts assembled by the South China Morning Post.

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14 August, 2024
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