In an article discussing if the tax incentives rolled out in the Budget could overcome HK’s low-birth-rate crisis, Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), pointed out that monetary incentive is “never enough” to compensate for what the mothers give up such as their career.

In an article on Iraq’s decision to allow trade with China be settled in RMB, Prof. Edwin LAI, Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), was quoted as saying that it will not have a significant impact on the overall degree of RMB internationalization since Iraq's imports to China are relatively small, but it still has some significance in the sense that there may have been a shift from using other currencies before, such as the USD.

In an article on the government’s launch of five initiatives in the Budget yesterday to develop the city into an international green tech and finance center, Prof. Christine LOH, Chief Development Strategist of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), said it was encouraging that the Financial Secretary saw the Mainland’s decarbonisation goals as an economic opportunity for HK, and she believed the government’s support for green-tech and digital technology development could go hand in hand with re-industrialization.

In an article on the world's population reaching eight billion last year, remarks by Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), were mentioned that population growth is something we have to deal with and adapt to, and it cannot be controlled in detail, no matter how hard politicians and bureaucrats try.

Prof. Pan HUI, Chair Professor of the Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA), attended the 2023 spring session of metaverse conference last week in which he talked about why AI is a double-edged sword.

In an article on Mainland’s medical reform protests Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), was quoted as saying that people’s frustrations of life over the past couple of years arising from the pandemic restrictions are boiling over, adding that the healthcare system would come under more stress.

In an article by Prof. Christine LOH, Chief Development Strategist of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), she elaborated on how addressing HK’s ageing buildings problem could help achieve carbon neutrality.

In an article on the declining population in China, Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), was quoted as saying that financial incentives seldom increase the overall number of children born, but instead encourage families to take advantage of benefits that may not last.

In an article on the meeting between Sustainable Lantau Office and the Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE) on the environmental impact of the Lantau Tomorrow Vision project, Prof. Alexis LAU, Head and Chair Professor of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), was quoted as saying that he hoped the government would provide more details on how it would offset the carbon generated by the project.

In a RTHK radio program on UN's findings about recovering the ozone layer, Prof. Alexis LAU, Head and Chair Professor of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), recognized the effectiveness of international collaboration and hoped that the connection among developed and developing countries can be strengthened to alleviate the problem of global warming.