US president Donald Trump recently signed an executive order announcing that, effective 21 September 2025, foreign first-time applicants for H-1B work visas will be required to pay a staggering US$100,000 visa fee. This policy shift took American companies and overseas talent by surprise, with those in the technology sector bearing the brunt in particular.

Last week, the Chief Executive released his Policy Address 2025, covering the full gamut of Hong Kong’s economic and livelihood development, from promoting fertility and regulating non-local workers to supporting the space economy. By focusing on a few highlights from the Policy Address, I would like to offer my two cents’ worth to readers for future reference.

Using a novel dataset where institutional investors explain their votes—voting rationales—the researchers uncovered direct evidence on the motivations behind votes in director elections. This approach helps to increase governance-related transparency, and voting rationales offer a unique communication tool. The researchers also determined that institutional investors’ attention to voting decisions is more widespread than previously documented.

Hong Kong was once famed worldwide as a “Shopping Paradise,” with retail serving as a key pillar of its economy.

Launched by World Liberty Financial, a decentralized financial (DeFi) protocol and governance platform backed by Donald Trump’s family, the digital token WLFI began trading on major cryptocurrency exchanges on 1 September 2025 (see Figure).

The recent controversy involving the awarding of a contract to provide bottled drinking water to the SAR Government offices has quickly snowballed. What began as misgivings among civil servants has escalated to a major social incident, casting doubt on the use of public funds, procurement, the regulatory system, and even the Government’s credibility. The crux […]

Driven by the wave of digitalization, livestream e-commerce has rapidly risen to become one of the most phenomenal marketing methods in the e-commerce sector.

On 7 December 1941, at 7.55 a.m. Hawaiian time, Japan launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbour, prompting the UK and the US to declare war on Japan and leading to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Subsequent to the invasion of China, Imperial Japan methodically escalated the war across the Asia-Pacific, pillaging resources throughout the region to achieve its objective of “sustaining war with war”.