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CHINA DAILY

Hong Kong should leverage COVID-19 pandemic for economic transformation

Hong Kong should position green finance at the core of its plan for post-pandemic recovery and green economy development, Dr. Du suggests.

EVENING STANDARD

Maskopedia 2020 : a year of denial, U-turns, and Covid controversy

IEMS Director/PPOL Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW’s earlier comment on mask-wearing was quoted in an article, he said for Asian, “putting on a mask every day before they go out is like a ritual, like putting on a uniform”.

GREEN QUEEN

Study: Hong Kongers Value Environment But Lack Smart Tech To Track Energy-Saving

A recent HKUST study conducted by PPOL Assoc. Prof. Masaru YARIME,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow of PPOL Dr. Constantine SPANDAGOS, SOSC Prof. Emeritus Erik BAARK, and former CIVL Assist. Prof. NG Tze-Ling has found that smart technology tools could facilitate energy-saving in HK households.  

CHINA DAILY HK EDITION

Symmetrical criteria must be used when comparing similar situations

PPOL Assoc. Prof. Naubahar SHARIF said on the importance of adopting the same criteria to analyze or evaluate responses among different nations or territories’ to COVID-19 crisis.

CHINA DAILY

Same criteria needed in evaluating responses to pandemic

An article by PPOL Assoc. Prof. Naubahar SHARIF on the importance of using symmetrical criteria while analyzing or evaluating different places’ responses to COVID-19 crisis.

VARIOUS MEDIA

Appointment of Professor Joseph Lee as Research Grants Council Chairman

Senior Advisor to the President and CIVL/PPOL Visiting Prof. Joseph LEE was appointed as RGC Chairman for a term of three years with effect from July 1, 2020.  

VOGUE BUSINESS

Rethinking Hong Kong's luxury future

ECON Chair Professor/PPOL Prof. Albert PARK said the approval of the national security law might lead to another six to eight months of protests in the city in an article on a sharp drop in luxury spending in Hong Kong.

YICAI

China needs a more compact, connected and cleaner urbanization development model

PPOL Prof. YE Qi shared his insights in a seminar on China’s urbanization, saying the government should create opportunities for sustainable fund flow for infrastructure investment and financing, as well as strengthening urban planning in the long run.

CHINA DAILY

Better childcare can help raise fertility rate

China's childcare policy should be seen as a 'family policy' rather than a "population policy", which may help raise the fertility rate in China, Stuart and Zilin suggest.

PPOL & IPP

PPOL-IPP Public Policy Case Writing Competition 2019-20

Organised by Institute fro Public Policy (IPP) and Division of Public Policy (PPOL)