Financial stability equals economic viability
– BPA Seminar with Norman Chan, Chief Executive, HKMA

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.

Universal pension plan would create more problems than it fixes (Jeffrey Lam)

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…

BPA Supports NPCSC’s Decision on Hong Kong’s Constitutional Development

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…

Sharing the Joy and Happiness of the Mid-Autumn Festival with the Elderly

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.