Prof. Naubahar SHARIF, Acting Head of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL) published an article on high entrance exam score not being the only factor to determine success.

In a column article on Hong Kong’s unique political system can be a case study for those studying policy in institutions around the world, the Division of Public Policy’s (PPOL) Case Development Program was mentioned as one of the case study learning initiatives in Hong Kong.

Prof. HUI Pan, Chair Professor of Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA) was interviewed to talk about metaHKUST and metaverse’s development.

Division of Public Policy Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW and Master of Public Management candidate YANG Wen wrote an article on China’s double debt crisis.

Chair Prof. Albert PARK from Division of Public Policy said in an article on US President Joe BIDEN signing a landmark bill to provide billions in subsidies for US semiconductor industry and to boost efforts to make the US more competitive with China’s innovation efforts, that since the US has provided various funds for industrial development, it cannot blame China for its similar subsidy schemes in the next trade talk between the two countries.

Division of Public Policy Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW said in an article on Hong Kong’s new “3+4” quarantine arrangement for inbound travelers, that while many countries have resumed normal border entry processes and cancelled the hotel quarantine arrangement, HK’s continuation of such arrangement has jeopardized its role as an international transport and travel hub, adding that HK has to be quarantine-free within this year or enterprises will relocate their regional headquarters from HK to other cities gradually.

Division of Environment and Sustainability Assistant Prof. Laurence DELINA said in an article on the Philippines’s renewable energy development, that he believed the local government could have done more to speed up the country’s transition to renewable energy.

Prof. Edwin LAI from Division of Public Policy explained why Hong Kong’s linked exchange rate system is important from political perspective in an article discussing the system’s significance to HK and if the HKSAR government is capable of maintaining it.

In a photo story on China's declining birthrates and its possible consequences, Division of Public Policy Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN’s previous remark that China is not facing a looming demographic crisis as its population is getting healthier, better educated and skilled, was cited.

In an article on China's shrinking population, Division of Public Policy Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as saying that the so-called baby bonuses are unlikely to 'shift the needle' in terms of encouraging people to have children that they would not otherwise have, adding that such bonuses tend to only affect when people have children, rather than how many they have.