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3月10日，作为美国在创科领域最重要的银行，矽谷银行在48小时内突然宣布破产，无疑是近年来震撼全球的金融事件。虽然因为美国联邦再保险公司快速介入和美国政府托底，避免了危机向其他金融机构和实体经济大规模蔓延，但已反映出联邦储备局（联储局）自2022年以来多轮加息对金融和经济带来的巨大冲击。

Chinese companies that did business with SVB in the U.S. also have plenty of options as they join the rush to find a new bank. But SVB’s collapse may make firms think twice before relying on smaller, regional banks. “There is a shift going on,” says Zhiwu Chen, a finance professor at the University of Hong Kong. “Everyone I know has been moving money from small banks into big ones.” Chen says that some of the companies he advises are concerned about this transition, fearing that they may not get the sort of specialized or preferential service from large banks that they enjoyed with SVB.

"Confidence has been very much shattered," said Zhiwu Chen, a professor and chair of finance at the University of Hong Kong's business school. "The government's desire to have private equity and venture capital invest more is very much undermined," he added.

But other voices believe the cards are stacked against Hong Kong’s long-term revival and continued prosperity.“The Hong Kong government people try pretty hard, but they are going against headwinds,” says Zhiwu Chen,professor of finance and director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of HongKong. “Recent changes have made it tough for mainland billionaires to set up their family offices in Hong Kong,”now under the ultimate jurisdiction of the Beijing authorities. “For that reason alone, Singapore has becomethe favourite destination for mainland billionaires.”

从新闻媒体到社交平台，从科技达人到在校学生，铺天盖地的话题都聚焦于ChatGPT。激动之余，大家不禁开始担忧，机器都能聊天了，还要人来做什么？ ChatGPT可以编写程式，科技部门是不是要解散？ ChatGPT可以写文章，作家、编辑会否饭碗不保？ ChatGPT看来无所不晓，那么孩子还须上学么？

Since CSRC and CBIRC had been categorised differently from government organizations in the past, the regulators had more discretion in setting salaries and employees typically received higher pay than public servants, said Zhiwu Chen, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong Business School. “With this new definition for their positions, some of them may have to accept a pay cut of 50% or more. They will not be happy,” he said.

上周末，几位朋友谈起文坛现状，大叹香港连失健笔，人才凋零。去年年中倪匡仙逝，年底走了西西，今年年初刘绍铭过身；加上老病的、封笔的、归隐的、出走的，昔日风流，尽被雨打风吹去。

俄乌战争已持续一整年。战争开始时，很多人预期俄罗斯可以在短期内达到其军事目的，但这却是高估了俄军的战斗力和低估了乌军的士气。目前看来，双方都没有致胜的把握，亦无认真和谈的意愿，难以预测战事还要维持多久。

财政司司长陈茂波发表新一份《财政预算案》，预留资金用于支援创新科技产业的发展和培训人才，相关措施是否有助增加专才及推动本地科研发展呢？邓希炜教授接受港台访问，就议题分享见解。