This would be if the government wishes to attract "young, fresh or 'unproven' talent", said Gedeon Lim, a Singaporean economist from the University of Hong Kong. But he added: "If they are looking mainly for established, top 1 percentile innovators, bankers, thought leaders in their respective fields, we already have a scheme in place, so it seems difficult to think of what else the government might be able to do, short of lowering the threshold and increasing the quota for these existing visa schemes."
22 Aug 2022
Faculty
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's decision to pardon Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, set to take effect on the National Liberation Day holiday on Monday, shows that even a career prosecutor can fail to deliver equal justice.
22 Aug 2022
Faculty
日前,港大經管學院召集對經濟政策研究感興趣的學者,為香港的經濟未來出謀劃策。筆者和同事鄧希煒教授主動請纓,研究香港如何創造更多優質工作這一課題。
17 Aug 2022
Economics
美國芯片法出台,半導體產業的全球地緣政治競爭加劇。面對競爭,在全球產業浪潮中,歷經起伏的香港半導體產業,又將如何以自己所長,服務國家所需?來看今天的競逐芯戰略系列報道。香港大學亞洲環球研究所所長鄧希煒:“美國一直會繼續,打壓香港和國家的科技發展,這個是大家預料之內的。
16 Aug 2022
Faculty
鑑於金融技術的進步和全球各大經濟體逐步邁向數碼化轉型,我們預期在可見的未來,央行將由發行實體現金轉向發行數碼貨幣,並將其普及化。事實上,在近幾十年的批發性支付系統內,銀行接受央行數碼貨幣的情況已屢見不鮮。謝國生博士與何敏淙先生在2021年9月29日的〈龍虎山下〉專欄中撰文解釋了央行數碼貨幣(CBDC)的發展已經蓄勢待發,讀者可前往參考這篇富啟發性的文章。
10 Aug 2022
Economics
上星期國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)修訂了本年4月的世界經濟展望報告,將本年度的全球經濟增長調低了0.4個百分點。新的估計為3.2%,遠低於去年的6.1%。以地區而言,差不多所有經濟體的增長率均有下調,反映今年全球經濟愈趨困難。有趣的是,俄羅斯是少數被上調的國家,幅度達2.5個百分點,但是俄羅斯經濟估計在本年仍然錄得6%的負增長。
3 Aug 2022
Economics
“Banks are caught in the middle,” ,“If they don’t help the developers finish the projects, they would end up losing much more. If they do, that of course would make the government happy, but they add more to their exposure to delayed real estate projects.” — Professor Zhiwu Chen, Chair Professor of Finance
1 Aug 2022
Finance
“After the failed Blackstone transaction, they clearly knew that more things would come. It was only a matter of time.” — Professor Zhiwu Chen, Chair Professor of Finance
31 Jul 2022
Finance
年初歷經Omicron第五波疫情,香港估計可能已有400萬人染疫。4月下旬,防疫政策放寬後,本地經濟逐步恢復,現在正是檢視防疫策略的好時機。綜觀國際,防疫策略大致有二:一是零確診,重點是減低確診個案,檢疫需時較長;二是隨機應變,按疫情起伏而增減防疫措施,盡量紓緩對公共醫療系統的壓力。
27 Jul 2022
Finance