Hong Kong has many distinguished universities and institutions focusing on conducting public health research for many years, he said. But the city's strength in public health research remains untapped as the science findings seldom get off the ground and gain traction commercially. "The pillars of Hong Kong's economy are too narrow and it has hollowed out many things."
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor heads to a press conference at Central Government Offices on Sept 8, 2020. [Photo by PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY]
Hong Kong suffered a fresh round of violent unrest on Monday as protesters attacked and vandalized numerous public facilities, subway stations and university campuses.
Hong Kong will strengthen its role as an international finance, trade and commerce center to support the country's international economic cycle, while on the other hand, it needs to speed up integration with the mainland and actively participate in the domestic economic cycle based on the platform of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the chief secretary said in his blog.
Hong Kong was also previously regarded as one of the safest and most peaceful cities. But the gratuitous violence and wanton destruction of public transportation infrastructure and private businesses during the anti-government campaign last year have drastically altered the outside world's perception of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the meeting that the strong support by the central government would be a major confidence booster for people in Hong Kong to embrace new development opportunities.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor expressed deep sorrow on Friday over Tsang's death. She called him a trailblazer who contributed to China's economic reform that started 41 years ago.
Historians from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, including Fung Ming-chu, former director of the Palace Museum in Taipei, took part in the symposium through a video link.
Hong Kong and the central government will find the resources to tackle the current situation. This will require the capacity to recognize the real problems, the courage to make the right decisions and the ability to communicate around them with confidence and determination.
Ho Woei Chen, an economist at Singapore-based United Overseas Bank, said China's export slump in the first two months reflected supply-side disruptions from the epidemic.