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  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 4 Highlights Part 2

    Connected Cities Conference Highlights ‘People’ Factor for Smart City Development GBA a 70m population game changer; 15-minute living circles to tackle ageing population in Shanghai; HK government to double R&D investment to 1.5% of GDP Positive influences on lifestyle, environment and the cities we live resonate deeply, simply because they touch everyone, hence the very high level of interest in smart cities at this year’s StartmeupHK Festival. Collaboration is essential for building a robust ecosystem...

  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 4 Highlights Part 1

    ASA Innovation Wins JUMPSTARTER as Alibaba’s Joe Tsai Gives 3 Tips to Entrepreneurs Innovation needs to be bottom-up, says Tsai; HK policies, funding for startups; DJ-ing, dance creativity Innovation has to be bottom-up – companies don’t innovate, it’s the people that innovate. That was the key message from Joe Tsai, Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba Group, and Director of Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, in his opening remarks on day 2 of JUMPSTARTER 2019. He encouraged entrepreneurs...

  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 3 Highlights Part 2

    Retail’s Cutting Edge Returns to StartmeupHK Festival for 3rd Successful Year 2018 a good year for HK retailers; Asian consumer is No. 1 for coming years; Chinese tourists heading overseas to top 200m; experiential overtaking transactional in retail The retail sector has long been a reason to be in Hong Kong, not just because the city is a shopper’s paradise but because the size, dynamic and responsiveness of the market make it a great place...

  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 3 Highlights Part 1

    JUMPSTARTER Startup Pitching Competition Goes Global  Alibaba’s Wang Jian talks cloud and offers tips; young entrepreneurs impress; t­ackling goldfish attention span; Quek on Carousell; Naka on Wantedly Nine seconds. Less than the attention span­ of a goldfish. The time window to make a favourable impression. That was the guidance provided by Lori Granito, TEDx speaking coach and entrepreneur, to startups planning their pitch for funding at JUMPSTARTER 2019 on day 3 of the StartmeupHK Festival...

  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 2 Highlights

    Tech[LIFE]style Conference Spotlights Latest Lifestyle Design from Corporates, Startups HK overtakes NYC with 149k HNWIs; 500 million facial recognition registrations; Lalamove moves into India; if a country, cattle would rank No. 3 for greenhouse gas emissions Hong Kong tops many of the world lists: world’s freest economy, world’s busiest air cargo hub, world’s leading stock exchange, world’s best healthcare system… and world’s longest bridge. Charles Ng, Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong...

  • StartmeupHK Festival 2019 – Day 1 Highlights

    Healthtech O2O Covers Healthcare Systems, Insurance and Jaw-Dropping New Tech One million patient registrations in HK; HK$78 billion invested; US$1 trillion wasted in the US; medical alerts alter 95,000 decisions; human hearts in a jar Developing the healthtech sector is a priority for the Hong Kong government, Dr. CHUI Tak-yi, JP, Under Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR, said Monday in an opening keynote at the Healthtech O2O summit on...

  • Asian Financial Forum Day Two Snapshot

    The 12th Asia Financial Forum concluded yesterday in Hong Kong with a focus on fintech and sustainable investing. Speakers at the breakfast panel set the tone for the day in an upbeat discussion of the place of Hong Kong in a world reshaped by economic and geopolitical changes. The coming years will see Asia lead global growth in both production and consumption, according to Fung Group’s Victor K Fung, who anticipates more goods flowing into...

  • Asian Financial Forum Day One Snapshot

    The 12th Asia Financial Forum opened yesterday in Hong Kong. With 130 policymakers and financial leaders on stage during the two-day event, AFF is seen as a barometer of the year’s challenges and opportunities; sharing insights to help more than 3,000 high-level attendees make informed decisions in 2019. Opening the event, Chief Executive Carrie Lam emphasized Hong Kong’s enduring status as an international financial center, noting it has led in IPO funds raised for six...

  • Holiday arrangement

    For the Christmas and New Year holidays, FleishmanHillard’s Hong Kong office will be closed: From 1pm on December 24 to December 26; and From 1pm on December 31 to January 1. Business will resume as normal on January 2, 2019...

  • Web Summit Day Four snapshot

    Europe’s largest tech conference was this year dominated by questions about the relationship between technology and humanity. From Tim Burners-Lee’s opening reminder of the origins of the web as a platform for everyone, to criticism of social media’s failures to curb hate speech and fake news and calls for more regulation, the need for increased industry responsibility and accountability was a key theme.   The call to restore public trust in the information, technologies and...

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