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PPOL RPG Graduate Awarded for the First Prize of the IPO Best Research Award 2021-22 (MPhil category)

Ms Veronica Qin Ting LI, graduate of MPhil in Public Policy in 2021, received the first prize of the IPO Best Research Award 2021-22 (MPhil category).

INSIDER

A fourth Chinese billionaire founder-CEO has stepped down as Beijing keeps up the pressure on its tech giants

"The predominant driver is politics, and now these old guards need to make way for their successors.", said Prof. Sharif

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (SCMP)

Hong Kong faces hard questions over pain of pandemic restrictions

"The city and its leader must look beyond short-term issues and ask hard questions about the end game and how much more Hongkongers can take", said Prof. Sharif

BRUEGEL PODCAST

What to expect from China’s innovation drive?

Professor Naubahar Sharif, joined with other speakers, discussed the innovation system in China, the strengths and weaknesses of its state-led R&D strategy, and what lies ahead for the international situation where geopolitics seems to overshadow cooperation.

NBC

'No easy exit': Omicron outbreak tests China's anti-Covid strategy

PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald Low commented on China's zero-Covid-19 policy

SCMP

Hong Kong must rebuild public trust to strengthen its crisis response, as Covid-19 mass-testing debacle shows

PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald Low urged the Hong Kong government to rebuild social capital and civil society to strengthen its crisis response capacity

MING PAO

星洲防疫措施鬆綁 旅客免隔離 林鄭：聯通世界通關內地 對港最有利

PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof Donald LOW suggested Hong Kong could learn from Singapore to treat COVID as endemic in Hong Kong.

SCMP

Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy risks becoming a trap if no lessons are learned from this tragedy

PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald LOW commented on Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy.

CHINA DAILY

Bold anti-pandemic action needed to end residents’ constant mental anguish

Our Acting Head Prof Naubahar SHARIF had an opinion to provide complete information and be certain of the anti-pandemic actions in Hong Kong.

SCMP

The 3 most likely scenarios of how the pandemic in Hong Kong ends

An article written by PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald LOWabout estimated the 3 most likely scenarios of how the COVID Pandemic in Hong Kong ends.