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.
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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…
In celebration of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, Dr Lo Wai-kwok, Vice Chairman of the BPA, and Mr Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah, BPA member and Chairman of the Sham Shui Po District Council, today (August 27) joined a group of young volunteers in paying visits to the Rainbow Old Aged Home and Yau Yat Chuen Care, as well as the Attention Home for the Elderly in Sham Shui Po.
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) and the Sha Tin Rural Committee have joined hands to set up a Discount Food Store in a bid to help the community fight against inflation and to care for the disadvantaged.
On the surface, the Ice Bucket Challenge appears to be just another social-media-induced craze. Yet the global campaign has helped shine a light on people suffering from a rare and incurable degenerative illness that affects about 300 people in Hong Kong.
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) says “Bring it on!” to the Ice Bucket Challenge, the global campaign to raise funding for patients suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
The HKSAR Government today (August 20) released a study report on retirement protection conducted by a research team led by Professor Nelson Chow Wing-sun, Chair Professor at the University of Hong Kong.