In an article on Malaysia's rapidly developing digital economy, the views of Prof. Naubahar SHARIF, Acting Head and Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), were cited that Malaysian laws allow a relatively free flow of Chinese investment, compared with some other countries where China has launched belt and road projects.

In an article written by Prof. Naubahar SHARIF, Acting Head and Professor of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), he shared his opinion on how Hong Kong must be primed to take off within the Greater Bay Area as the city relaxes its COVID-19-related restrictions.

Prof. Donald LOW, Senior Lecturer of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), expressed his thoughts on the Mainland’s property crisis that it is not just China’s problem if the Chinese economy was to stall as a result of this property and debt crisis.

Prof. Pan HUI, Chair Professor of Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA), expressed his thoughts on the MetaHKUST project, HKUST’s launch of the world's first twin physical-virtual campuses in the metaverse. As AR applications are only limited to individual users, the MetaHKUST strives to expand AR to multi-users in a large scale.

Prof. Donald LOW, Senior Lecturer of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), shared his insights together with other experts on the thousands of Chinese homebuyers threatening to boycott mortgage payments in a TV news feature program. Prof. LOW described the homebuyers’ threat as a collective action problem that got the authorities’ concern and added to the urgency of the problem. If non-performing loans grow, the rest of the economy might seize up.

Prof. Arthur LAU, Program Director of Environmental Management & Technology and Program Co-Director of Sustainable Green Finance explained the importance of interdisciplinary education and green finance at interviews of the Commercial Radio HK.

Prof. Laurence Laurencio DELINA, Assistant Professor of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), raised his opinion on China making use of the Belt and Road Initiative to expand green-energy infrastructure in Central Asia. He said Central Asia can generate abundant solar and wind power because of its wide-open spaces and frequent sunny weather, adding that China is well positioned to support Central Asian countries with related technology.

A research team co-led by Prof. Pan HUI, Chair Professor of the Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA), has revealed the key to breaking the dilemma of multiple ethical values from a data-intelligent epidemic model that can accurately predict COVID-19 curves in US metropolitan areas.

Prof. Christine LOH, Chief Development Strategist of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), said China’s rise and US failings are challenging the established world order as we have entered the Age of the Great Reset.

Prof. Christine LOH, Chief Development Strategist of the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), wrote an article on how Hong Kong can help advance national innovation and assure its leadership role in the GBA and beyond.