An advertorial featuring Environmental Management and Technology (EMVT) Alumni Abraham LAU, who is now an environmental consultant at Arup, talks about how HKUST and his program helped him with his current career. Abraham works to assess the potential environmental impact of civil engineering projects or other private developments, as he advises clients on environmental regulatory compliance. His major programme at HKUST, EVMT, emphasised training students in communication and presentation techniques, and Abraham found himself often going back to the soft skills learned during his days at HKUST to communicate with engineers, or to rely on knowledge acquired during his environmental law course to deal with regulatory matters.

Division of Public Policy Acting Head Prof. Naubahar SHARIF wrote an opinion piece analyzing the “constant mental anguish” state HK people find themselves in amid the seemingly never-ending fight against the pandemic.

Division of Public Policy Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW wrote an opinion piece on HK’s anti-pandemic strategy, in which he called on the authorities to develop a road map for living with COVID-19.

A feature interview with Division of Environment and Sustainability Chair Prof. GAN Jianping, whose research team has just launched WavyOcean – the first interactive marine environment visualization platform which offers data of the ocean in the Greater Bay Area, the entire China Seas, and the Western Pacific Ocean. Prof. Gan also shared his collaborative experiences in GZ through FYTRI and how HKUST(GZ) could offer more opportunities to scientists.

Division of Public Policy Senior Lecturer Prof. Donald LOW wrote an article on 3 possible scenarios that the current pandemic may end in Hong Kong.

A research team led by Prof. GAN Jianping from Division of Environment and Sustainability has launched WavyOcean – the first interactive marine environment visualization platform which offers an unprecedented level of data on the ocean in the GBA, the entire China Seas, and the Western Pacific Ocean, facilitating marine research work and offering valuable data to policymakers on striking a balance between marine conservation and societal development.

Prof. Christine LOH, Chief Development Strategist, Division of Environment & Sustainability wrote an article on Chinese government’s stance on COVID-19 and Russo-Ukrainian conflict creating emotional dissonance in HK over East vs West narratives, saying that only through efforts “to understand HK’s predicament as part of China can the city make the right choice for its future”.

In an article on international companies’ plan of relocating their regional offices to Singapore, Prof. Donald LOW, Senior Lecturer from Division of Public Policy said that Hong Kong is the door to the massive Chinese market and its financial networks built up over the last few decades are not easy to replicate.

In an article on Sino-US economic and trade relations, Prof. Albert PARK from Division of Public Policy said that US President Joe BIDEN does not have any political reason to take a softer stance towards China than his predecessor Donald TRUMP did.

In an online forum organized by Wilson Center on Tuesday on the environmental impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative, Division of Public Policy Adjunct Assistant Prof. Angela TRITTO said China’s investments in South East Asian countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines bring high carbon emission and negative environmental impacts but the ruling elites in the countries see the investments from China as mutually beneficial.