The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) expresses deep sorrow over the clashes between the police and protesters caused by students and the Occupy Central movement. Hong Kong is our home and we find the latest events surrounding the protest to be most disturbing.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) expresses deep regret over the deterioration of the students’ class boycott and unlawful assembly into turmoil and disorder. The BPA also condemns protesters’ clashes with the police last night.
BPA’s Business, Financial and Professionals Delegation Meets with Shanghai Party Secretary Han Zheng
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA)’s Business, Financial and Professionals Delegation today (September 26) met with Mr Han Zheng, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Shanghai Party Secretary, for an in-depth discussion on the opportunities for broader cooperation to achieve a win-win outcome for both Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA)’s Business, Financial and Professionals Delegation visited Shanghai today (September 25). The delegation, led by BPA Council Chairman Dr Peter Lam Kin-ngok, visited the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Administration and the Shanghai Equity Exchange.
Following the “Rally to Unite Businesses and Professionals to Stand Up for Hong Kong” on August 13, the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) today (September 17) hosted a dinner banquet for leaders from the business sector, professional sectors and community organizations.
Hong Kong’s standing as an international financial centre did not come about easily and, as such, should not be allowed to fritter away easily. At a gathering with members at the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong’s (BPA) headquarters today (September 17), Mr Norman Chan Tak-lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), shared his thoughts on the evolution of and challenges to Hong Kong’s financial system.
Democracy is the will of the majority which also respects minority rights. Such principles are supposed to be upheld by the pan-democrats…
With an ageing population and a declining workforce in Hong Kong, any universal pension scheme will place a huge financial burden on young people. It seems ironic that, on the one hand, some are calling for such a scheme because the population is ageing fast and many old people will have no one to take care of them…
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) yesterday (August 31) adopted the “Decision on Issues Relating to the Selection of the Chief Executive (CE) of the HKSAR by Universal Suffrage and on the Method for Forming the Legco of the HKSAR in the Year 2016 (The Decision)”. The BPA supports the NPCSC’s decision…